Critical Infrastructures: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Transportation of Dangerous Goods Transportation by Road and Rail /

• Main Authors: Vamanu, Bogdan I. (Author), Gheorghe, Adrian V. (Author), Katina, Polinpapilinho F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 31
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Transportation.; Software engineering.; Geographical information systems.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Environmental sciences.; Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Environmental Physics.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.

This book addresses a key issue in today’s society: the safer transport of dangerous goods, taking into account people, the environment and economics. In particular, it offers a potential approach to identifying the issues, developing the models, providing the methods and recommending the tools to a...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Introduction
• Risk Assessment in Hazardous Material Transportation
• Risk Assessment
• Quantitative Probability Assessment of LOC Accident
• Vulnerability Assessment in Hazardous Materials Transportation
• The Vulnerability Issue.