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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Fundação Gorceix
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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 |