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partner project
The research focus
The research project
intends to develop a global analysis
of the emergence of new risk areas caused by:
new regulations (Technological
Risk Prevention Plans), delimitations defined by
"deterministic",
"probabilistic" or "combined"
methods of risk assessment, the dilution of risks
in transport systems and
the formation of new accumulation
points due to stock reductions in industrial
plants. This analysis must be supplemented by studying
how to transcribe these items to the statutory documents
and planning policies, how to redefine the roles and
responsibilities in relation to the new risks and how
to share information.
The
downstream section of the Seine estuary, including the
industrial basins of Le Havre and Port-Jérôme,
will provide the experimental area for this multi-disciplinary
approach initially associating geographers (project
manager: Eliane Propeck-Zimmermann,
lecturer at the University of Caen Lower Normandy) and
lawyers (project manager: Philippe Guillot,
lecturer at the University of Rouen). Later on, input
will be invited from economists, computer experts and
sociologists.
The ultimate objective
is to provide methodological support and decision-aid
for local authorities and risk managers, enabling them
to anticipate future issues caused by changes in the
legislation and social demand related to industrial
risks and the transport of hazardous substances.
Major corporations
in Le Havre (TOTAL, ATOFINA, ERAMET, LUBRIZOL, EDF CPT
etc.), concerned with the subject and members of the
"Industrial Risks" Commission of the
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, have become actively
involved in the project and have set up working groups
with researchers.
An
international survey is also scheduled (covering
the Netherlands, England, Italy, Switzerland) in cooperation
with the observatory of risk management practices of
the Institute, in order to have precise references about
situations related to the use of the probabilistic model.
The mission is to
last 24 months from the spring of 2004.
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