<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Rehak D., Sikorova K., Senovsky P.: Safety assessment for spatial development. Ekologia (Bratislava), Vol. 32, No. 2, p. 220-241, 2013. </p><p>The article deals with the problems of operable safety assessment for spatial development to promote the preventive protection of population, engineering infrastructure and the environment against negative effects of spatial development. At present, many methods available for semi-quantitative risk analysis exist, but there is no method completely suitable for assessment of risks associated with spatial development. This is why a new method - Spatial Development Impact Assessment, which is based philosophically on the Fire &amp; Explosion Index, Hazard &amp; Vulnerability Index and Hazard &amp; Impact Index - is presented in the article. The article describes the main tools of this method, namely assessment process algorithm, catalogue of hazard and asset groups and spatial development impact matrix. It demonstrates, by a case study on the safety assessment for spatial development using an online software tool developed for this purpose, the application of the method.</p></abstract>

Rehak D., Sikorova K., Senovsky P.: Safety assessment for spatial development. Ekologia (Bratislava), Vol. 32, No. 2, p. 220-241, 2013. The article deals with the problems of operable safety assessment for spatial development to promote the preventive protection of population, engineering infrastructure and the environment against negative effects of spatial development. At present, many methods available for semi-quantitative risk analysis exist, but there is no method completely suitable for assessment of risks associated with spatial development. This is why a new method - Spatial Development Impact Assessment, which is based philosophically on the Fire & Explosion Index, Hazard & Vulnerability Index and Hazard & Impact Index - is presented in the article. The article describes the main tools of this method, namely assessment process algorithm, catalogue of hazard and asset groups and spatial development impact matrix. It demonstrates, by a case study on the safety assessment for spatial development using an online software tool developed for this purpose, the application of the method.

Safety Assessment for Spatial Development

VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Safety Engineering, Lumirova 13, 700 30 Ostrava-Vyškovice, Czech Republic

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Rehak D., Sikorova K., Senovsky P.: Safety assessment for spatial development. Ekologia (Bratislava), Vol. 32, No. 2, p. 220-241, 2013. The article deals with...

Safety Assessment for Spatial Development

Published Online: Dec 31, 2013

Page range: 220 - 241

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2013-0019

Keywords
environmental protection, population, technical infrastructure, analytic method, risk

This content is open access.

Safety Assessment for Spatial Development

Published Online: Dec 31, 2013

Page range: 220 - 241

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2013-0019

Keywordsenvironmental protection, population, technical infrastructure, analytic method, risk

This content is open access.

Keywords
environmental protection, population, technical infrastructure, analytic method, risk