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Publications tagged with [quantitative risk assessment]

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Open pit slope design has conventionally been effected as a bottom up function utilising available geotechnical information. This results in a decision criterion based on Probability of Failure and Factor of Safety with a risk assessment being carried out ...
Reference: THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SYMPOSIUM SERIES S44, Stability of rock slopes in open pit mining and civil engineering situations
OpenRisk, an open cast risk rating system, takes into account relative differences in the importance of hazards, as experienced on each mine as a result of different combinations of geotechnical factors and mining conditions. The system is based on critical ...
Reference: The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, International Symposium on Stability of Rock Slopes in Open Pit Mining and Civil Engineering
 
The general framework of this guideline is based on the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) approach promoted by the United Nations through the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction – ISDR. One of the key premises in this approach is that disasters are ...
Reference: Guidelines for landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk zoning Deliverable 1.1.1