Reference criteria for the identification of accident scenarios in the framework of land use planning

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 614-627

  Tugnoli, Alessandro ^a   Gyenes, Zsuzsanna ^b   Van Wijk, Lorenzo ^b   Christou, Michalis ^b   Spadoni, Gigliola ^a   Cozzani, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accident scenario; Hazardous substances; Land use planning; Major accident hazard; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; CONSISTENT SETS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INDUSTRIAL SITES; LAND USE PLANNING; LAND-USE RESTRICTIONS; MAJOR-ACCIDENT HAZARDS; SYSTEMATIC IDENTIFICATION;

HAZARDS; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84876992177     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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