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A Roadmap for the Comprehensive Assessment of Natech Risk: Management and Control of Technological Accidents Triggered by Natural Hazards in the Framework of Climate Chang… Read more
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A Roadmap for the Comprehensive Assessment of Natech Risk: Management and Control of Technological Accidents Triggered by Natural Hazards in the Framework of Climate Change covers the latest advancements concerning the quantitative risk assessment and the management of cascading events involving technological accidents caused by natural hazards. The topic is meticulously covered, providing a description of past accidents, case-studies, and quantitative figures that allow for the identification of the most vulnerable plant elements, of the complex features of accident scenarios, and of their rising trend that is possibly related to factors as climate change and growing industrialization.
Methodologies aiming at the assessment of the actual performance of safety barriers and safety systems during or immediately after the impact of a natural event are also presented. Recent tools and data supporting the quantitative assessment of these features in the overall assessment of Natech risk are reported, highlighting the similarities with other typologies of cascading accidents. Several case studies are presented in the book, and each methodology presented is provided with an illustrative case-study providing guidance to its application.
Chemical engineers, process engineers, process safety engineers, biochemical engineers. Academic researchers in the field of loss prevention in the chemical, process and energy industries. Top and line management within industrial sectors handling or storing hazardous substances. Environmental managers, HSE managers, public decision-makers (regional, national and international), experts in Control and Regulatory Authorities (regional and national). Inspectors responsible of emergency planning, experts in research centers on industrial safety and citizen protection. Academics and students in chemical, process, and biochemical engineering. Technical staff in fire brigades, and first responders
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