| Author | Freitas, Carlos Machado | |
| Author | Porto, Marcelo Firpo de Souza | |
| Access date | 2019-12-27T17:16:27Z | |
| Available date | 2019-12-27T17:16:27Z | |
| Document date | 1996 | |
| Citation | PORTO, Marcelo F. de Souza; FREITAS, Carlos Machado de. Major chemical accidents in industrializing countries: the socio-political amplification of risk. Risk Analysis, v. 16, n. 1, p. 19-29, 1996. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 0272-4332 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/38895 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Society for Risk Analysis | pt_BR |
| Rights | restricted access | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Indústria Química | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Países Desenvolvidos | pt_BR |
| Title | Major chemical accidents in industrializing countries: the socio-political amplification of risk | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1996.tb01433.x | |
| Abstract | Accidents in the chemical industry, such as those that took place in Seveso (1976) and Bhopal (1984), may kill or injure thousands of people, cause serious health hazards and irreversible environmental damage. The aim of this paper is to examine the ever-increasing risk of similar accidents becoming a frequent ocurrence in the so-called industrializing countries. Using figures from some of the worst chemical accidents in the last decades, data on the Bhopal disaster, and Brazil's social and institutional characteristics, we put forward the hypothesis that present social, political and economic structures in industrializing countries make these countries much more vulnerable to such accidents and create the type of setting where--if and when these accidents occur--they will have even more catastrophic consequences. The authors argue that only the transformation of local structures, and stronger technical cooperation between international organizations, industrialized and industrializing countries could reduce this vulnerability. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Centro de Estudos da Saúde do Trabalhador e Ecologia Humana. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Centro de Estudos da Saúde do Trabalhador e Ecologia Humana. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Major Chemical Accidents | pt_BR |
| Subject | Socio‐Political Amplification Of Risk | pt_BR |
| Subject | Chemical Industry | pt_BR |
| Subject | Industrializing Countries | pt_BR |
| Subject | Industrialized Countries | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Chemical Industry | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Developed Countries | pt_BR |
| e-ISSN | 1539-6924 | |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 09 Indústria, inovação e infraestrutura | |
