Natech Risk Assessment and Management

Chapter 8

Qualitative and Semiquantitative Methods for Natech Risk Assessment

E. Krausmann^*

K.-E. Köppke^**

R. Fendler^†

A.M. Cruz^‡

S. Girgin^**    European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy^**    Consulting Engineers Prof. Dr. Köppke, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany^†    German Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany^‡    Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Abstract

Risk assessment is a prerequisite for understanding the Natech risk and for determining if and which prevention and preparedness measures should be implemented to reduce the risk. The analysis of multihazard risks is a highly complex task and there is no consolidated methodology for assessing the Natech risk. This chapter introduces selected ...