Using GIS and multivariate analyses to visualize risk levels and spatial patterns of severe accidents in the energy sector

Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications - Proceedings of the Joint ESREL and SRA-Europe Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 129-136

  Burgherr, P ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT DATA; ACCIDENT RISKS; COMPARATIVE RISK ASSESSMENTS; ENERGY CHAIN; ENERGY SECTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKERS; RISK INDICATORS; RISK LEVELS; SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS; SEVERE ACCIDENT; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

ACCIDENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952326905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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