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Floods and safety of establishments and installations containing hazardous substances

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  • Roland Fendler

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As a consequence of the floods in Germany in August 2002 the Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency) set up a research project on natural hazards and their relevance for the safety of establishments and installations containing hazardous substances, i.e. the prevention of “Natechs” (Natural hazards triggering technological accidents). The scope of the project included hazards by earthquakes and storms but the main focus was on floods. Subject of the project was the safety of establishments, installations containing substances hazardous to water according to the German Federal Water Act (e.g. chemical plants, tank farms, filling stations, heating oil tanks) and vessels for storage of extremely flammable gases (mainly LPG). The project included a survey of the flood risk management at establishments and installations in the catchment areas of the Rhine and the Elbe, a description of available flood protection and safety technology and a discussion of emergency planning requirements. Gaps in flood risk management at industrial sites and installations were identified and recommendations on policy, regulations, standards and safety management made. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008

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  • Roland Fendler, 2008. "Floods and safety of establishments and installations containing hazardous substances," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 46(2), pages 257-263, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:46:y:2008:i:2:p:257-263
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9209-z
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    1. Edyta Kiedrzyńska & Marcin Kiedrzyński & Maciej Zalewski, 2015. "Sustainable floodplain management for flood prevention and water quality improvement," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 76(2), pages 955-977, March.
    2. Antonioni, Giacomo & Landucci, Gabriele & Necci, Amos & Gheorghiu, Diana & Cozzani, Valerio, 2015. "Quantitative assessment of risk due to NaTech scenarios caused by floods," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 334-345.
    3. Marzo, E. & Busini, V. & Rota, R., 2015. "Definition of a short-cut methodology for assessing the vulnerability of a territory in natural–technological risk estimation," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 92-97.
    4. Shakeel Mahmood & Amin-ul-Haq Khan & Shaker Mahmood Mayo, 2016. "Exploring underlying causes and assessing damages of 2010 flash flood in the upper zone of Panjkora River," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 83(2), pages 1213-1227, September.
    5. H. Beem & R. Fendler & W. Krätzig, 2008. "Impact of storms and earthquakes on industrial installations – New risk control approaches required?," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 46(2), pages 243-256, August.
    6. Atta-ur-Rahman & Amir Khan, 2011. "Analysis of flood causes and associated socio-economic damages in the Hindukush region," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 59(3), pages 1239-1260, December.

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