Decision Uncertainties In Natural Hazard Risk Management: Damage Potential
Price
Free (open access)
Volume
44
Pages
12
Page Range
281 - 292
Published
2012
Size
812 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/RISK120241
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
A. Zeidler, A. Huber, D. Hug & P. Dobesberger
Abstract
The infrastructure of energy production facilities is vulnerable to natural hazards, especially in Alpine environments. The determination of risk requires the knowledge of the probability of a natural hazard event and the associated intensity and the damage potential (vulnerability), which is site and object specific. Up to now a qualitative risk assessment was standard praxis in energy production facilities, but in the past years a quantitative risk analysis gained in importance, including the determination of uncertainties. In this paper we introduce a method on how to consider ranges of object values (€) and ranges in the damage susceptibility of different types of objects in risk calculation. Keywords: natural hazard, risk management, uncertainties, energy systems.
Keywords
Keywords: natural hazard, risk management, uncertainties, energy systems
