Methodological aspects for modeling the environmental risk of transporting hazardous materials by road |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Devonshire Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom;2. School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Cassie Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom;1. School of Business, Guangzhou University, China;2. Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Canada;1. Technical Committee A.3 (Risk Management), World Road Association, Greece;2. Faculty of Civil Engineering, OTH Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany;1. Department of Logistics Engineering, School of Economic and Commerce, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China;2. Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
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| Abstract: | The main objective of this paper is to establish the procedures necessary to the development of a model for the environmental risk assessment of accidents involving Transporting Hazardous Materials by Road (THMR). Quantifying the environmental risk is useful in identifying areas with a high risk of accidents, which can be later discarded as main routes; orienting efficient emergency response operations; and assessing policies aimed at reducing these risks. Taking this into consideration, this study endeavors to identify the methodological aspects make possible the assessment of the impacts that arise from accidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials by road and to implement such methodological aspects in a Geographic Information System (GIS). |
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| Keywords: | Hazardous goods Risk modeling Multicriteria evaluation Geographic information system Environmental risk |
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