A Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System for Hazardous Material Transport

A. Luè () and A. Colorni ()
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A. Luè: Poliedra
A. Colorni: Politecnico di Milano

Chapter Chapter 14 in Evaluation and Decision Models with Multiple Criteria, 2015, pp 429-452 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The local public administrations of the Italian cities are responsible for the hazardous material transport within the municipality boundaries. The city of Milan is interested in implementing a system to support the municipal transport department in planning the shipments and control their positions. The paper presents an ongoing project to design and develop a spatial multicriteria decision support system (DSS) based on a Geographical Information System for hazardous material transport in the city of Milan. The DSS considers both the problems of routing and scheduling the shipments in urban and suburban road networks, taking into account the viewpoints of the interested parties (e.g. population, shipping company, vehicle driver, environment agency). We use a risk assessment model that considers the consequences of an accident for each road segment on population, territorial infrastructures, natural elements, critical areas (e.g. areas which may be a target for a terrorist attack). The DSS is in a prototype phase and has been tested on Niguarda, an area of the city of Milan characterized by the presence of an important hospital. The prototype considers the position and time of activities of schools, railways, park and agricultural areas, and hospital buildings that are located in the area. The DSS has been applied to an exemplificative shipment in the area, and the results are presented.

Keywords: Geographical Information System; Decision Support System; Road Segment; Hazardous Material; Natural Element (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-46816-6_14

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