Building Safety indicators: Part 1 - Theoretical foundation

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-161

  Oien K ^a   Utne, I B ^b   Herrera, I A ^b  

^a SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Indicators; Risk; Risk management; Safety

Indexed keywords

BASIC CONCEPTS; BUILDING SAFETY; EARLY WARNING; EARLY WARNING INDICATORS; INDICATORS; LAGGING INDICATORS; MAJOR ACCIDENTS; MAJOR HAZARDS; PERSONAL SAFETY; PRESENT STATUS; SAFETY; SAFETY INDICATOR; THEORETICAL BASIS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

ACCIDENTS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMERGENCY CARE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY;

EID: 78049432951     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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