Epidemic Risk Analysis and Assessment in Transport Services

ISBN-13: 9781032069623 / Miękka / 2023 / 162 str.

Poland) Burdzik Rafal (Silesian University of Technology

Opis

This methodology for assessing the hazards, and probability and risks of viral transmission on public and freight transport services, based on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, gives a matrix of hazard assessment in transportation, and tools for estimating the probability of virus transmission, prevention costs, epidemic risk, and forecasting.

Recenzje

"An essential tool for many decision makers and researchers in public transportation, government health institutions, and research organizations specializing in transport and health."

-- Minvydas Ragulskis, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

"[So far] there are many articles on the risk of viral infection, including in transportation, but no single combined work is available."

-- Waldemar Mironiuk, Gdynia Naval Academy, Poland

Spis treści

1 Introduction 2 Risk Management in Transport 3 Matrix of Hazard Assessment in Transport Services in Light of the Threats of the SARS- CoV- 2 Pandemic 4 Methodology for Estimating the Probability of Viral Pathogen Transmission in Transport 5 Methodology for Estimating the Exposure to and Effects of Viral Infection in Transport Services 6 Comprehensive Method of Epidemic Risk Assessment in Transport 7 Conclusion

O autorze

Rafał Burdzik is a professor in the Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering at Silesian University of Technology, Poland and visiting lecturer at many European Universities with more than twenty years of transport research experience. He is an author or co-author of books and more than 400 scientific papers, and an editorial board member for several high level scientific journals and active member of numerous scientific associations, editorial boards and committees. He is a well-recognized international expert in transport, mechanical engineering, transport safety and environmental issues.