THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY INDEX IN ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION OF A CHEMICALLY HAZARDOUS SITE

THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY INDEX IN ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION OF A CHEMICALLY HAZARDOUS SITE

Authors

  • S.S. Kudryavtsev Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
  • P.V. Yemelin “NAKS GAC” LLP, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
  • М.Т. Kurbаnov Bukhara Engineering-Technological Institute, Bukhara, Republic of Uzbekistan
  • A.A. Rakhimberlina Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55956/GOFP1686

Keywords:

chemically hazardous site, hazardous chemical, risk assessment, environmental risk, chemical safety, environmental safety, industrial safety

Abstract

The country’s high rate of industrialization makes the assessment of environmental risk for both operating and planned enterprises with chemically hazardous sites particularly relevant. The vulnerability of the environment to the impact factors of an accident at such sites is a key indicator used in a priori risk assessment. This study aims to identify a set of criteria that describe environmental vulnerability to the impact factors of man-made emergencies at chemically hazardous sites. The research employed the expert evaluation method. Environmental risk objects were categorized based on their location into two groups: those on land and those in aquatic environments. The cluster representing environmental vulnerability for land-based chemically hazardous sites includes four criterion parameters, while the cluster for aquatic environments comprises five. Additionally, the expert evaluation process determined the weighting coefficients within these clusters and established their relative contributions to environmental vulnerability.

Author's detail

A.A. Rakhimberlina, Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan

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Published online

2025-12-30

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Environmental Engineering
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