During the last decades, there has been a growing awareness about occupational safety
and health risks by the various interested parties in the construction industry. However …

There exist many perspectives on risk, including safety engineering, social scientist
perspectives, risk perception research and economic decision analysis. Traditionally, some …

The cumulative cost of frequent events (eg, nuisance floods) over time may exceed the costs
of the extreme but infrequent events for which societies typically prepare. Here we analyze …

Self‐driving vehicles (SDVs) promise to considerably reduce traffic crashes. One pressing
concern facing the public, automakers, and governments is “How safe is safe enough for …

This article presents building fire risk analysis model based on scenario clusters and its
application in fire risk management of buildings. Building fire risk analysis is a process of …

This article gives an overview of the research on loss of life due to floods. The limited
information regarding this topic is presented and evaluated. Analysis of global data for …

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After the disaster in 1953, a statistical approach to the storm surge levels was chosen and an
extrapolated storm surge level would be the basis for dike design. In recent decades, the …

Quantitative risk analysis (QRA) of industrial facilities has to take into account multiple
hazards threatening critical equipment. Nevertheless, engineering procedures able to …

Structural design standards provide the foundation of good engineering practice and a
framework for addressing safety and serviceability issues rationally. Structural reliability …