Revisiting the risk concept in Geotechnics: qualitative and quantitative methods

Abstract In this paper, the concept of risk is discussed with focus on its use in geotechnics. The authors focalize the operational definition of risk, giving special emphasis to the concept of risk scenarios. Concepts of hazard, vulnerability and susceptibility are focalized because they appear in...

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Main Authors: Antônio Maria Claret de Gouveia, Miguel Paganin Neto, Alberto Frederico Vieira de Sousa Gouveia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Gorceix
Series:REM: International Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2448-167X2017000100027&lng=en&tlng=en