文档介绍：A GIS based Decision Support Tool for the Management of Industrial Risk
Karkanis and
Institute of Nuclear Technology - Radiation Protection,
National Center for Scientific Research “DEMOKRITOS”,
. Box 60228, Aghia Paraskevi, 15310, Greece
Abstract
A decision support tool for the management of risks from accidents in chemical industrial sites
handling hazardous substances (toxic or flammable) is presented. Management of risk refers to
potential land use plans and/or emergency response plans that are based on geographical
considerations of the extent of risk. A tool has been developed on a GIS (Geographical
Information System) computer platform using digital maps to provide visual focus to the
relative magnitude of the consequences of the operation of such chemical sites to the human
health and environment.
The tool uses the capabilities of a GIS platform bine each map with the corresponding
information at each level offering a new dimension to the management of industrial risk to the
human health and the environment. It is built using the advantages of a GIS plements
the risk assessment with geographical information useful in supporting relevant management
decisions.
Introduction
During the last decades considerable development of the handling of geographical data has
been reported in the literature [1]. Spatial data from different sou