Risk analysis for road and rail transport of hazardous materials: a GIS approach |
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Authors: | Roberto Bubbico Sergio Di Cave Barbara Mazzarotta |
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Affiliation: | Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | An approach to transportation risk analysis for road and rail transport of dangerous goods is proposed, which is based on the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to manage territorial information, coupled with a product data bank in a risk evaluation tool. Such an approach enables to accurately take into account the local data affecting risk analysis, such as population, accident rate, and weather conditions along all the route, by means of a system which can be easily updated. The resulting risk evaluation tool assists in the step of route identification and allows to rapidly perform an accurate transportation risk analysis, for a single transportation event as well as for multiple substances, trips and itineraries. |
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Keywords: | Transportation risk analysis Road transport Rail transport Hazardous materials Geographic information system |
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