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Diagnosis on Transport Risk Based on a Combined Assessment of Road Accidents and Watershed Vulnerability to Spills of Hazardous Substances

Roads play an important role in the economic development of cities and regions, but the transport of cargo along highways may represent a serious environmental problem because a large portion of transported goods is composed of dangerous products. In this context, the development and validation of r...

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Autores principales: Machado, Emerson Ribeiro, do Valle Junior, Renato Farias, Pissarra, Teresa Cristina Tarlé, Siqueira, Hygor Evangelista, Sanches Fernandes, Luís Filipe, Pacheco, Fernando António Leal
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30223520
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15092011
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author Machado, Emerson Ribeiro
do Valle Junior, Renato Farias
Pissarra, Teresa Cristina Tarlé
Siqueira, Hygor Evangelista
Sanches Fernandes, Luís Filipe
Pacheco, Fernando António Leal
author_facet Machado, Emerson Ribeiro
do Valle Junior, Renato Farias
Pissarra, Teresa Cristina Tarlé
Siqueira, Hygor Evangelista
Sanches Fernandes, Luís Filipe
Pacheco, Fernando António Leal
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description Roads play an important role in the economic development of cities and regions, but the transport of cargo along highways may represent a serious environmental problem because a large portion of transported goods is composed of dangerous products. In this context, the development and validation of risk management tools becomes extremely important to support the decision-making of people and agencies responsible for the management of road enterprises. In the present study, a method for determination of environmental vulnerability to road spills of hazardous substances is coupled with accident occurrence data in a highway, with the purpose to achieve a diagnosis on soil and water contamination risk and propose prevention measures and emergency alerts. The data on accident occurrences involving hazardous and potentially harmful products refer to the highway BR 050, namely the segment between the Brazilian municipalities of Uberaba and Uberlândia. The results show that many accidents occurred where vulnerability is high, especially in the southern sector of the segment, justifying the implementation of prevention and alert systems. The coupling of vulnerability and road accident data in a geographic information system proved efficient in the preparation of quick risk management maps, which are essential for alert systems and immediate environmental protection. Overall, the present study contributes with an example on how the management of risk can be conducted in practice when the transport of dangerous substances along roads is the focus problem.
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spelling pubmed-61636622018-10-12 Diagnosis on Transport Risk Based on a Combined Assessment of Road Accidents and Watershed Vulnerability to Spills of Hazardous Substances Machado, Emerson Ribeiro do Valle Junior, Renato Farias Pissarra, Teresa Cristina Tarlé Siqueira, Hygor Evangelista Sanches Fernandes, Luís Filipe Pacheco, Fernando António Leal Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Roads play an important role in the economic development of cities and regions, but the transport of cargo along highways may represent a serious environmental problem because a large portion of transported goods is composed of dangerous products. In this context, the development and validation of risk management tools becomes extremely important to support the decision-making of people and agencies responsible for the management of road enterprises. In the present study, a method for determination of environmental vulnerability to road spills of hazardous substances is coupled with accident occurrence data in a highway, with the purpose to achieve a diagnosis on soil and water contamination risk and propose prevention measures and emergency alerts. The data on accident occurrences involving hazardous and potentially harmful products refer to the highway BR 050, namely the segment between the Brazilian municipalities of Uberaba and Uberlândia. The results show that many accidents occurred where vulnerability is high, especially in the southern sector of the segment, justifying the implementation of prevention and alert systems. The coupling of vulnerability and road accident data in a geographic information system proved efficient in the preparation of quick risk management maps, which are essential for alert systems and immediate environmental protection. Overall, the present study contributes with an example on how the management of risk can be conducted in practice when the transport of dangerous substances along roads is the focus problem. MDPI 2018-09-14 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6163662/ /pubmed/30223520 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15092011 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Pacheco, Fernando António Leal
Diagnosis on Transport Risk Based on a Combined Assessment of Road Accidents and Watershed Vulnerability to Spills of Hazardous Substances
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title_sort diagnosis on transport risk based on a combined assessment of road accidents and watershed vulnerability to spills of hazardous substances
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15092011
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