The Case of Spain

Abstract

This chapter presents the evaluation of environmental industrial risk in Spain following the methodology outlined in previous chapters. The empirical data collected allowed us to calculate a risk index for the whole of Spain and to develop more detailed spatial analysis for two specific case studies, the cities of Madrid and Seville. The risk index at the national level identifies the Spanish towns at greatest risk from the combined factors of social vulnerability and industrial hazardousness, while the case studies’ findings show that there is no “hot-spot” in Madrid but certain areas of Seville are exposed to very high combined risk.