The area surrounding Vesuvius is considered as one of the most hazardous zone in the world. Several civil protection actions (prediction and prevention, emergency plans, evacuation plan) have been managed for the population but, quite surprisingly, industrial risks triggered by the interaction with this catastrophic natural event have been neglected (Na-Tech risks). Furthermore, Naples and its province have several industrial areas, two industrial harbors with LPG and fuel docks, and large fiiel storage plants, in the close surrounding of crowded suburbs. The analysis of volcanic Na-Tech risks presented in the paper shows a revised event tree starting from simplification of geophysicist studies, taking into account only the possible interaction with industrial equipment. Among the eruption phenomena (tephra fall, lava flows, pyroclastic flows and surges, atmospheric phenomena, pyroclastic bombs) the tephra fall has been analyzed in the following, starting from the intensity of explosive eruption predicted by Italian Civil Protection. ©2009 Taylor & Francis Group.
A preliminary analysis of volcanic Na-Tech risks in the Vesuvius area
SALZANO, ERNESTO;
2009
Abstract
The area surrounding Vesuvius is considered as one of the most hazardous zone in the world. Several civil protection actions (prediction and prevention, emergency plans, evacuation plan) have been managed for the population but, quite surprisingly, industrial risks triggered by the interaction with this catastrophic natural event have been neglected (Na-Tech risks). Furthermore, Naples and its province have several industrial areas, two industrial harbors with LPG and fuel docks, and large fiiel storage plants, in the close surrounding of crowded suburbs. The analysis of volcanic Na-Tech risks presented in the paper shows a revised event tree starting from simplification of geophysicist studies, taking into account only the possible interaction with industrial equipment. Among the eruption phenomena (tephra fall, lava flows, pyroclastic flows and surges, atmospheric phenomena, pyroclastic bombs) the tephra fall has been analyzed in the following, starting from the intensity of explosive eruption predicted by Italian Civil Protection. ©2009 Taylor & Francis Group.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
