Qualitative Approach to Environmental Risk Assessment in Transport
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Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Zilina, 01026 Zilina, Slovakia
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Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, 70030 Ostrava, Czech Republic
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Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, 01026 Zilina, Slovakia
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Faculty of Business and Law, Union—Nikola Tesla University, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(15), 5494; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155494
Received: 29 June 2020
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Revised: 21 July 2020
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Accepted: 27 July 2020
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Published: 30 July 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmental Issues in Aerospace and their Impact on Public Health)
The purpose of this paper is to present the development of a qualitative approach to environmental risk assessment (QAERA) in transport. The approach is described as a model developed for the future software tool which will be utilizable as a risk decision support system. The basic part is aimed on developing a quantitative environmental risk assessment. Thus, this paper describes a set of 6 pillars of safety and security. Accordingly, the paper contains both chosen safety and security indicators and selected criteria for assessing the risk of launching the environmental change of global model thinking in the transport sector. The environmental risk assessment as a global model of thinking was originally based on historical experience but, nowadays, it is changing. Based on new expert knowledge, more precisely, on input of new global data, paper displays an environmental risk assessment with actual interpretation. The discussion of the paper is oriented to support research results, a new knowledge-oriented approach to global climate changes, using suitable risk assessment methods and technics. The result of the paper is a new approach for the modeling of environmental risk assessment in the transport sector.
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Keywords:
risk assessment; transport sector; environment; common safety method; decision support system; expert evaluation
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Dvorak, Z.; Rehak, D.; David, A.; Cekerevac, Z. Qualitative Approach to Environmental Risk Assessment in Transport. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 5494. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155494
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Dvorak Z, Rehak D, David A, Cekerevac Z. Qualitative Approach to Environmental Risk Assessment in Transport. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(15):5494. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155494
Chicago/Turabian StyleDvorak, Zdenek, David Rehak, Andrej David, and Zoran Cekerevac. 2020. "Qualitative Approach to Environmental Risk Assessment in Transport" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 15: 5494. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155494
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