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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations

by Anna M. Doro-on
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
414 pages
14h 2m
English
CRC Press
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60Risk Assessment and Security
2.9 Natural Disaster and Hazard
ere are 14 types of natural disasters and hazards and weather emergencies that can
negatively impact public safety, environment, critical infrastructures, and national
safety as presented in Sections 2.9.1 through 2.9.14. Most of the natural hazards are
considered in the engineering structural analyses and constructions of infrastructures,
except space weather. In the United States, when building infrastructures near or adja-
cent to a oodplain or shoreline, engineers are required to delineate and specify the
Table 2.22 (continued) Volatile Organic Contaminants’ Health Effe
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ISBN: 9781466569324