Special Issue "Risk Management and Safety Engineering"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Mara Lombardi
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Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment (DICMA), Sapienza-University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
Interests: risk analysis; fire safety engineering (FSE); occupational safety; territorial resilience; sustainable risk management
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Prof. Fatma El Zahraa Ashour
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt
Interests: biofuel production; environmental and waste recycling; engineering sustainable design
Prof. Massimo Guarascio
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Environment, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma RM, Italy
Interests: risk management; risk modeling; seismic risk; geostatistical modeling
Dr. Mario Fargnoli
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1. Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment (DICMA), Sapienza University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy;
2. Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fishery, 00184 Rome, Italy
Interests: occupational health and safety; machinery safety; quality function deployment (QFD)
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The contents of this Special Issue refer to the main question on “Sustainable Risk Management: How we can manage risks in a responsible manner?”

This subject was selected in response to the uncertainties that make safety decision making very difficult. The possibility of making a wrong decision has particular relevance due to the increasing complexity of all managing aspects characterizing contemporary system. Hence, an approach based on a more holistic perspective allows us to assure a state of resilience and sustainability.

In fact, sustainability and safety risk management are still underestimated issues within the concept of sustainability, although fostering the promotion of safety, health, and workplace welfare play a critical role in sustainable development at individual, organizational and societal levels.

Evidence of the requirement to approach the theme of sustainable risk management is among the difficulties to explain and resolve the problems of health and safety, row materials and power generation.

The hindered uptake of innovative solutions and rigorous standards in many product sectors shall be replaced by responsible networking and sharing of knowledge to technology and management development.

Our scientific community feel a moral obligation to contribute to decision making and to outline policies based on scientific approach. This Special Issue aims to provide a collection of the current advances and cutting-edge approaches in risk management and sustainable safety engineering considering a thorough point of view.

For these reasons, we would like to call on all colleagues to collaborate and engage with this special topic.

Prof. Dr. Mara Lombardi
Prof. Fatma El Zahraa Ashour
Prof. Massimo Guarascio
Dr. Mario Fargnoli
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Keywords

  • safety engineering
  • sustainable risk management
  • territorial resilience
  • environmental sustainable recycling
  • engineering sustainable design
  • occupational health and safety
  • risk management and decision making

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Quantitative Analysis of Global Terrorist Attacks Based on the Global Terrorism Database
Sustainability 2021, 13(14), 7598; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147598 - 07 Jul 2021
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Terrorist attacks have become a serious source of risk affecting the security of the international community. Using the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), in order to quantitatively study past terrorist attacks and their temporal and spatial evolution the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was used [...] Read more.
Terrorist attacks have become a serious source of risk affecting the security of the international community. Using the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), in order to quantitatively study past terrorist attacks and their temporal and spatial evolution the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was used to classify the degree of damage from terrorist attacks. The various factors influencing terrorist attacks were extracted and represented in three dimensions. Subsequently, using MATLAB for analysis and processing, the grading standards for terrorist attacks were classified into five levels according to the degree of hazard. Based on this grading standard, the top ten terrorist attacks with the highest degree of hazard in the past two decades were listed. Because the characteristics and habits of a terrorist or group exhibit a certain consistency, the K-means cluster analysis method was used to classify terrorists according to region, type of attack, type of target and type of weapon used by the terrorists. Several attacks that might have been committed by the same terrorist organization or individual at different times and in different locations were classified into one category, and the top five categories were selected according to the degree of sabotage inflicted by the organization or individual. Finally, the spatiotemporal evolution of terrorist attacks in the past three years was analyzed, considering the terrorist attack targets and key areas of terrorist attacks. The Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Africa were predicted to be the regions that will be most seriously affected by future global terrorist events. The terrorist attacks in Southeast Asia are expected to become more severe, and the scope of terrorist attacks in Africa is expected to widen. Civilians are the targets most at risk for terrorist attacks, and the corresponding risk index is considerably higher than it is for other targets. The results of this research can help individuals and the government to enable a better understanding of terrorism, improve awareness to prevent terrorism and enhance emergency management and rescue, and provide a solid and reliable basis and reference for joint counterterrorism in various countries and regions. Full article
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Agricultural Tractor Roll-Over Related Fatalities in Italy: Results from a 12 Years Analysis
Sustainability 2021, 13(8), 4536; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084536 - 19 Apr 2021
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In Italy, about 160 fatal accidents per year have occurred recently in agriculture, most of them involving agricultural machinery. The most frequent cause of fatal events is the tractor overturning. One of the opportunities to monitor the trend of agricultural tractors fatal overturning [...] Read more.
In Italy, about 160 fatal accidents per year have occurred recently in agriculture, most of them involving agricultural machinery. The most frequent cause of fatal events is the tractor overturning. One of the opportunities to monitor the trend of agricultural tractors fatal overturning is a meticulous search for information on the numerous web portals, at national and local level. In fact, in their information purposes are also included the recording, practically in real time, of significant details about each fatal event, such as the place of the accident, the year, the month and the day of the week of occurring, the victim’s age, gender and nationality, etc. This article is describing the results of the monitoring of fatal tractor overturning accidents in the period of 2008–2019 in Italy. In the 12 years of the survey, 1414 fatal accidents were recorded, most of them occurring in the spring and summer months. The region with the highest cumulative number of fatal events was Tuscany (143). The majority (58.8%) of the victims were over 60, while 71.4% of accidents occurred during field work. Most (57.6%) of the tractors involved in the fatal events did not have rollover protective structures (ROPS), while 19.4% were equipped with a two-post foldable front roll-bar, which, however, was in the lowered position at the time of the accident. In most cases, the tractors involved were obsolete and in poor maintenance conditions, and did not comply with general and specific laws on work safety. To improve the situation, the introduction of the tractor training certificate for the drivers and the periodical inspection for tractors, as well as the issuing of significant financial supports to encourage the replacement of the old models with modern more safe models, are the most effective actions to be put into practice. Full article
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