title: Environmental vulnerability assessment in the vicinity of an industrial site in the frame of ARAMIS European project.
abstract: This work has been carried out in the framework of the ARAMIS project, which aims at developing a comprehensive procedure for assessing the risk level associated to an industrial site with respect to the surrounding environment. To this end, an index is defined which consists of the contribution of three terms, expressing the severity of the scenario consequences, the efficiency of the safety management and the vulnerability of the surrounding environment. The present work focuses on this last aspect concerning the determination of the vulnerability, of the area in the vicinity of an industrial site, of human, environmental (or natural) and material stakes. The applied methodology consists in identifying and quantifying the targets by the means of a geographical information system (GIS) and in assessing the contribution of each target on the basis of a multicriteria decision approach (Saaty method). The result is an operational tool allowing competent authorities, industrialists and risk experts to assess the vulnerability of the area surrounding an industrial site.
authors.affiliation: Industrial Risk and Natural Hazard Department, LGEI, Ecole des Mines d'Alès, 6 Avenue de Clavières, 30319 Alès Cedex, France. jerome.tixier@ema.fr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tixier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dandrieux
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dusserre
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bubbico
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mazzarotta
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Silvetti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hubert
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Salvi
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D003264:Containment of Biohazards / Q000379:methods; D003657:Decision Making; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances