Mapping of Risks Relating to a Leakage of Hazardous Chemicals by Means of the GIS - the Case Study
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | 2015 5th International Conference on Applied Social Science (ICASS 2015), Pt 2 |
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| Field | Security and health protection, human - machine |
| Keywords | Public administration; Crisis management; Geographic information system |
| Description | This article describes a case study where the GIS is employed in order to map risks connected to a leakage of hazardous chemicals (HC) in the territory of the town Uhersky Brod. For the purpose of the case study a leakage of HC was modelled. Based on this model maps of hazards and vulnerability were created. The conclusion of the article includes the final map of risks, which is supplemented by the evaluation of possible developments of this method. The case study deals with the interconnection of the public administration and emergency management. |