Landfills, complexity and biogas risk assessment

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-106

  Mavropoulos, Antonis ^a   Kaliampakos, Dimitris ^b  

^a EPEM SA   (Greece)

^b Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

accidents; biogas; Complexity; landfill; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT MODELS; ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; ITERATIVE PROCESS; NON-PREDICTABILITY; SUDDEN EVENTS;

ACCIDENTS; BIOGAS; LAND FILL; RATING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOGAS; METHANE;

ACCIDENT; BIOGAS; COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LANDFILL; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; LANDFILL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; EXPLOSIONS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; METHANE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78651386908     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10387314     Document Type: Article

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