Abstract:
Rapid industrialization and the severe industrial accidents occurred during the past
decades have increased the public awareness on the negative impacts of present
technologies used and the hazards posed by potential accidents in process industries.
Developing countries in particular with high population densities and industrial zones
where many industries are situated in close proximity and surrounded by densely
populated neighbourhoods have a high affinity to cause severe consequences resulting
from accidents. So it is of utmost importance to make efforts towards strengthening
safeguards and managing risk to protect human beings, property and environment by
increasing reliability of hazardous systems. This need has directed the technical
community towards the development of hazard analysis and forecasting techniques.
