| Autor: |
Boca, Gabriela, Ozunu, Alexandru, Vlad, Şerban Nicolae |
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Present Environment & Sustainable Development; 2010, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p269-276, 8p |
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Industrial facilities are vulnerable to natural disasters. Companies located in densely populated areas might release high quantities of hazardous material. Even so, companies do not conduct systematically analysis and assessment of NATECH risks and they are not always in a position to draw lessons from past NATECH events -- and to modify their process or safety features in order to reduce their vulnerability. Climate changes play an important role in prevalence and NATECH triggering mechanisms. Projections under the IPCC IS92 a scenario (similar to SRES A1B; IPCC, 1992) and two GCMs indicate that the risk of floods increases in central and eastern Europe. Increase in intense short-duration precipitation is likely to lead to increased risk of flash floods. (Lehner et al., 2006). The present paper brings together information about natural disasters and technological accidents that occurred across Tarnavelor Plateau (Transylvanian Depression) in recent years and their impacts on the environment and society. The most dramatic of these events are brought alive through case studies, based largely on local information, which detail their chronology and consequences. Natural disasters and technological accidents are not always singular or isolated events. This analysis indicates that NaTech disasters have the potential to trigger hazmat releases and other types of technological accidents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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