Industrial accidents triggered by earthquakes, floods and lightning: Lessons learned from a database analysis

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 285-300

  Krausmann, Elisabeth ^a   Renni, Elisabetta ^a,b   Campedel, Michela ^b   Cozzani, Valerio ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Flood; Industrial risk; Lessons learned; Lightning; Natech accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE; FLOOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LIGHTNING; MITIGATION; NATURAL DISASTER; SOCIAL IMPACT; TOXIC MATERIAL;

EID: 80052279383     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9754-3     Document Type: Article

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