Development of European Guidance and a Common Risk/Hazard Assessment Database for Land-Use Planning in the Context of Major Accident Hazards

Christou, Michalis; Struckl, Michael; Duffield, Stuart; Salvi, Olivier; Bernuchon, Emmanuel; Post, Jos; Beerens, H.

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“…Although this example may seem unrealistic, it illustrates what is happening in the majority of European countries, in which the worst-case scenario is rarely used to establish risk prevention measures in relation to site-specific hazardous establishments. This orientation is openly discouraged by the European Commission (Christou et al, 2006), as it is – in essence – quite controversial. As demonstrated in a previous study, establishing safety distances on the basis of the worst-possible scenario almost inevitably leads to the removal of installations, even when the likelihood of the worst-case scenario occurring is so low that it can be considered unrealistic (Cozzani et al, 2006).…”

Section: Hazards Chances and Consequences: A Concrete Examplementioning

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Siting risky facilities: Probabilism, determinism and beyond

Basta

2013

Planning Theory

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The rejection of siting controversial facilities in urban areas periodically resurrects the discussion regarding site-specific technologies that pose risks characterised by severe impacts and extremely low probabilities. This article discusses this topic from an ethics perspective, focusing on the problematic evaluation of minimum safe distances that should be established between potential accidents and exposed residents. Two different approaches to the assessment of such ‘spatial safety’ measures – namely, the probabilistic and deterministic approaches – are compared. The scope of this article is to unveil these approaches’ implicit ethical assumptions and – more generally – facilitate a considered choice between different approaches towards planning ‘risky’ land uses.

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Section: Hazards Chances and Consequences: A Concrete Examplementioning

confidence: 99%

Siting risky facilities: Probabilism, determinism and beyond

Basta

2013

Planning Theory

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Development of European Guidance and a Common Risk/Hazard Assessment Database for Land-Use Planning in the Context of Major Accident Hazards

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Siting risky facilities: Probabilism, determinism and beyond

Siting risky facilities: Probabilism, determinism and beyond

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