Safe City

Safe City

Risk Assessment and Analysis of Lifelines with Passive Defense Approach (Case Study: Amirabad Port)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Horiya Gholampour 1
Seyyed Subhan Alwani 2
Mona Fallah 3
1 M.Sc. Graduate of Urban Planning, Qazvin Islamic Azad University, Iran
2 M.Sc. Student of Urban Design, Boali-Sina University, Hamadan, Iran
3 M.Sc. Student of Urban Planning, Alborz Campus of Tehran University, Iran
10.22034/ispdrc.2023.1988312.1020
Abstract
The purpose of implementing passive defense plans is to reduce the vulnerability of lifelines and key
assets in critical situations caused by man-made threats. Lifelines are part of the main foundations of
every city and society, and their damage affects most of the system. The purpose of this research is to
assess the risk of key assets of Amirabad port in Mazandaran province against hard man-made threats.
Amirabad port is one of the multi-purpose and important of level two, and according to the forecast of the
comprehensive plan of Iran's commercial ports, it will become the level one port. The research is applied
and the research method is descriptive-analytical. Documentation (library) and observation and
questionnaire methods were used to collect data and information. Hence in order to determine the sample
size, 48 people were selected using Cochran's formula. The data analysis method is API 780 (American
Petroleum Institute) risk assessment method. The results of the research show that the assets of eastern
and western commercial and service wharves, Roro wharf, entrance channel and channel opening, canal
pond, electric substation, Mahtab Gostar gas power plant, active industries facilities, maritime traffic and
control center (control tower) and the warehouse of dangerous goods and cranes has a high level of risk
against severe threats. At the end, the impact of the solutions in reducing the risk of key assets was
evaluated and the risk was reviewed. 
Keywords
Risk
Lifelines
Hard man-made threat
Passive defense
Amirabad port
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