Multi-hazard risk pathway scenarios associated with unconventional gas development: Identification and challenges for their assessment

Energy Procedia

Volumn 125, Issue , 2017, Pages 116-125

  Garcia Aristizabal, Alexander ^a   Capuano, Paolo ^a,b   Russo, Raffaella ^a   Gasparini, Paolo ^a  

^a Ctro Regionale di Competenza Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rischio Ambientale of the Campania district   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multi hazard risk; risk pathway scenarios; unconventional gas development

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; MAIN PROCESS; MULTI-HAZARDS; PARAMETERIZED; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RISK MITIGATION STRATEGY; UNCONVENTIONAL GAS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 85030722796     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.08.087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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