Special Issue "Environmental Risk Assessment in Transport"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Hazards and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Zdeněk Dvořák
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Guest Editor
Department of Technical Sciences and Informatics, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina, Žilina 010 26, Slovakia
Interests: transport; environmental risk; critical infrastructure
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Zoran Čekerevac
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Faculty of Business and Law, “UNION-Nikola Tesla” University in Belgrade, Beograd 11000, Serbia
Interests: IT; management; transport; motor vehicles; engines
Assoc. Prof. Dr. David Řehák
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Guest Editor
Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, 700 30, Czech Republic
Interests: critical infrastructure; resilience; risk assessment; civil protection

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The topic of environmental risk assessment in transport is multidisciplinary and very topical. Developed countries strive for sustainable transport and mobility with a minimal impact on the environment. The University of Žilina in the field of transport and mobility is currently continuing the long tradition of the unique Czechoslovak Technical University of Transport, where the issue of risk has long been given a significant amount of attention. Specifically, risk assessment, security research, vulnerability, and resilience all have a long tradition in the field. Recently, however, environmental challenges have also attracted researchers’ interest. The Web of Science database has registered more than 200 scientific articles on similar topics in the last three years, and the Scopus database has a total of more than 250 scientific articles. Thus, this topic is socially attractive and scientifically interesting.

In this Special Issue, the focus will be on the current green transport policy—specifically, sustainable transport aimed at environmental protection that creates social balance and economic sustainability. The content of this Special Issue can be divided according to the types of transport (air, sea, ship, rail, road) or according to other subdivisions into individual and public, and passenger and freight. Intermodal approaches that contribute significantly to reducing the impact of transport on the environment are especially welcome. A key area of ​​current research is the application of SMART solutions throughout the logistics chain, as well as the challenges of intelligent transport systems, which have grown in importance in the last twenty years. We expect a minimum of 20 articles from different European countries in this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Zdeněk Dvořák
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Zoran Čekerevac
Assoc. Prof. Dr. David Řehák
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • environmental risk
  • smart cities
  • transportation

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Environmental Risk Assessment of a Diesel Fuel Tank: A Case Study
Sustainability 2021, 13(12), 6537; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126537 - 08 Jun 2021
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The article deals with the application of the environmental damage assessment procedure and H&V index II method to the diesel fuel tank storage facility in a sand mining company using a case study. The procedures enabled the researchers to semi-quantitatively assess the operated [...] Read more.
The article deals with the application of the environmental damage assessment procedure and H&V index II method to the diesel fuel tank storage facility in a sand mining company using a case study. The procedures enabled the researchers to semi-quantitatively assess the operated diesel fuel tank’s impact on the selected environmental components and the possible damage risk by the leakage of stored fuel. It was discovered, by assessing the operating conditions, the state of the environment at the mining facility, and the risk of a diesel fuel leakage accident, that it is not necessary for the company to implement further steps in the field of environmental damage minimization. The H&V index II method examined both the impacts of diesel fuel leakage on soil, biotic component, groundwater, surface water, and the impact of flammable substances on the biotic environmental component in six steps. Slight or significant impacts were identified depending on the environmental component during the determination of the accident severity. The accident severity, together with the estimated probability, was plotted in the risk matrix which resulted in acceptable risks for all affected environmental components. The results of both approaches showed that the diesel fuel leakage in the mining company represents an acceptable environmental risk in relation to the countermeasures implemented so far. Full article
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