Advanced technologies and methodologies for risk management in the global transport of dangerous goods [electronic resource] / edited by Chiara Bersani [and others].

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ISBN:

9781597343817

9781441601544

9781607503637

9781281968586

Title:

Advanced technologies and methodologies for risk management in the global transport of dangerous goods [electronic resource] / edited by Chiara Bersani [and others].

Author:

Bersani, Chiara.

Publication Information:

Washington, DC : IOS Press, 2008.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 333 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

Nato science for peace and security series. E, Human and societal dynamics, v. 45

Contents:

Pt 1. State of the art on risk assessment. Assessment of risk and accident impacts related to dangerous goods transport in a dense urbanized area ; Hazardous materials transportation: a literature review and an annotated bibliography ; Hazardous materials transportation by road: trends and problems in risk assessment and emergency planning ; Safety in hazardous material road transportation: state of the art and emerging problems -- pt. 2. Risk management and control. Finding solutions to mixed route strategies for transporting hazardous materials ; The trade-offs in rail-truck intermodal transportation of hazardous materials: an illustrative case study ; Modeling a real time mobile information system for Haz/Mat telegeomonitoring ; Sustainable distribution of petrol products to service stations based on demand forecast, inventory and transportation costs ; A GIS-based multi-objective travel planner for hazardous material transport in the urban area of Milan -- pt. 3. Risk assessment for coupled critical infrastructures ; The Ukrainian response system for event of accidents in radioactive material transportation ; An integrated system for the hazardous materials transport in a sub-regional scale area ; The challenges of transport of radioactive materials and waste in Albania ; Thermoeconomical optimization in hazardous materials transport on roads flowing towards one critical infrastructure -- Conclusions. Dangerous goods transportation and related research challenges in the human and societal dynamics.

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Subject Term:

Hazardous substances -- Transportation.

Risk management.

Added Author:

Bersani, Chiara.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2008

Publication Information:

Washington, DC : IOS Press, 2008.

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Summary

In the last few years, logistics has become a strategic factor for development and competition. In fact, research and development activities have traditionally faced the management of supply chain and international transport focussing on two main aspects: speed and efficiency. However, several vulnerabilities have recently been highlighted under a safety and security viewpoint. The weakness of the logistic chains has become more evident with the beginning of the new millennium. Terrorist attacks, such as the 11th of September 2001 in the USA, have caused the introduction of new rules and procedures, which affect the overall logistics showing the vulnerability of the global economy. So, nowadays, it would appear anachronistic to carry out an exhaustive research activity on the supply chain with no relation to the various typologies of risk, which may affect it. This book aims to effectively represent the current status of research on dangerous goods transport.