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Recent advances in hazardous materials transportation research : an international exchange : papers presented at the conference conducted by the Transportation Research Board ... Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 10-13,1985.

Title
Recent advances in hazardous materials transportation research : an international exchange : papers presented at the conference conducted by the Transportation Research Board ... Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 10-13,1985.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1986.

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Additional Authors
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
  • United States. Federal Highway Administration
Description
vi, 212 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
Summary
A 3-day international conference for the exchange of ideas and information about the state of the art in research and technology applications to improve safety in hazardous materials transportation was held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on November 10-13, 1985. An international call for papers resulted in the final selection of the 31 papers presented in this report. They were presented in nine conference sessions.
Series Statement
State of the art report ; 3
Uniform Title
State-of-the-art report (Washington, D.C.) ; 3.
Alternative Title
Hazardous materials transportation research
Subjects
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings
Note
  • "Sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in cooperation with the American Public Works Association."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Design and use of vehicles and packages -- Models and methods for risk assessment -- Regional problems and their solutions -- Analysis for planning and program development -- Information systems and computer-aided management -- Special hazard situations (tunnels, oceans, pipelines and warehouses) -- Public concerns about hazardous materials transportation -- Strategic planning for hazardous materials transportation safety.
ISBN
0309039738
LCCN
^^^86018145^
OCLC
  • 14068017
  • SCSB-10059927
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library