title: Landfills, complexity and biogas risk assessment.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the context of complexity in landfills as a conceptual framework for biogas risk assessment procedures. The paper suggests that there is an endogenous non-predictability to landfills' accidents and sudden events, which is created by the iterative process of building a landfill and the emerging complexity that characterizes it. Following the view of complexity a conceptual framework for a new biogas risk assessment model is proposed.
authors.affiliation: CEO EPEM SA, Athens, Greece. amavrop@epem.gr
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mavropoulos
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaliampakos
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005107:Explosions; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008697:Methane / Q000009:adverse effects; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D008697:Methane