Public awareness promoting new or emerging risks: Industrial accidents triggered by natural hazards (NaTech)

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 469-485

  Salzano, Ernesto ^a   Basco, Anna ^a   Busini, Valentina ^b   Cozzani, Valerio ^c   Marzo, Enrico ^b   Rota, Renato ^b   Spadoni, Gigliola ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

emerging risks; major accident hazard; NaTech events; natural hazard; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS; MAJOR-ACCIDENT HAZARDS; NATECH EVENTS; NATURAL HAZARD; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

ACCIDENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS; HAZARDS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84877643493     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2012.729529     Document Type: Article

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