Elisabeth Krausmann, Ana Maria Cruz, Ernesto Salzano

Natech Risk Assessment and Management

Reducing the Risk of Natural-Hazard Impact on Hazardous Installations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Natech Risk Assessment and Management: Reducing the Risk of Natural-Hazard Impact on Hazardous Installations covers the entire spectrum of issues pertinent to Natech risk assessment and management. After a thorough introduction of the topic that includes definitions of terms, authors Krausmann, Cruz, and Salzano discuss various examples of international frameworks and provide a detailed view of the implementation of Natech Risk Management in the EU and OECD.

There is a dedicated chapter on natural-hazard prediction and measurement from an engineering perspective, as well as a consideration of the impact of climate change on Natech risk. The authors also discuss selected Natech accidents, including recent examples, and provide specific 'lessons learned' from each, as well as an analysis of all essential elements of Natech risk assessment, such as plant layout, substance hazards, and equipment vulnerability.

The final section of the book is dedicated to the reduction of Natech risk, including structural and organizational prevention and mitigation measures, as well as early warning issues and emergency foreword planning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier / Elsevier, München
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2015-0-00564-0
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 13mm x 191mm x 235mm
• Gewicht: 569g
• ISBN-13: 9780128038079
• ISBN-10: 0128038071
• Artikelnr.: 45367397

Autorenporträt

Elisabeth Krausmann is a Principal Scientist with the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC). Having a Ph.D. in nuclear physics, her research experience includes risk analysis of natural-hazard impact on hazardous installations, nuclear-reactor safety, severe-accident management and consequence analysis. Since 2006 she leads the Natech activity at the JRC which focuses on the development of methodologies and tools for Natech risk analysis and mapping, accident analysis and lessons learning, and capacity building for Natech risk reduction. She is a Steering Group member of the OECD WGCA's Natech project.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction2. Status of Natech risk management in the EU and OECD3. Case studies and lessons learned4. Natural hazard characterisation 5. Technological hazard characterisation 6. Natech risk and its analysis7. Reducing Natech risk8. Conclusions

Rezensionen

"...much-needed and timely as it presents the whole spectrum of issues relevant for the assessment, management, as well as the reduction of Natech risks in a coherent way...a must have for all disaster risk experts in the field."--IDRiM Newsletter