Risk analysis in renewable energy: Assessment of the vulnerability of the environment and community

Abstract

As a result of recent accidents, society is becoming more conscious and concerned about the risk that the environment and communities are under to. A proposal of assessment of the vulnerability of the environment and community is presented here under a holistic perspective using Fuzzy Logic as formal tool. An internal factor of the risk of a system under a given threat is assessed. Risk is considered as the union between the threat and the vulnerability of the environment and community. This approach shows that the reduction in either or both of them makes a reduction in the risk content as well. The main purpose of this proposal is not to obtain a single value as output; in fact the result is a map which can contribute to the different areas of the community in decision making.