Multi-Criterial Analysis of Environmental Accidental Pollution Events in Romania Between 2019-2021

Abstract

The study is focused on the assessment of so-called “environment incidents” using the database generated through National Environmental Protection Agency. The result will emphasize the typology of the events by the nature of the affected environmental factor (air, water, soil), the spatial distribution on counties and regional level and also temporal occurrence. Most events are associated with water environment, followed by those affecting the soil and the air. Using the pollutant nature evaluation, we have noticed that the most common substances/process responsible for affecting the environmental factors were: hydrocarbons, fires with different origin and involved materials and wastewaters evacuations.

Keywords

• accidental pollution events
• temporal frequency
• vulnerability