Reprint

Current Advances on the Assessment and Mitigation of Fire Risk in Buildings and Urban Areas — 1st Edition

Edited by
March 2024
262 pages
  • ISBN978-3-7258-0314-9 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-7258-0313-2 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Current Advances on the Assessment and Mitigation of Fire Risk in Buildings and Urban Areas — 1st Edition that was published in

Engineering
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary

Fire safety within residential buildings and urban environments is a pressing global concern, demanding dynamic and comprehensive strategies for effective risk assessment and mitigation. The Special Issue reprinted in this collection is the first of a series of Special Issues edited by the Fire journal to provide researchers with a platform to showcase cutting-edge developments in this critical area.Authored by researchers and practitioners from Europe, Asia, and Australia, the thirteen contributions that compose this first volume collectively offer a comprehensive perspective on fire safety, illustrating the global relevance and the imperative need for innovative risk assessment and mitigation strategies. This first volume sets the stage for subsequent Special Issues, showcasing cutting-edge developments and fostering collaborative efforts to address the evolving challenges in fire safety.

Format
  • Hardback
License
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
water mist; suppression; performance-based design; heat release rate; residential; fire risk; risk assessment; urban risk; historic city centres; fire safety; wildland–urban interface; vegetation ignitability; fire risk assessment; artificial neural network; informal settlements; enclosure fire dynamics; reduced scale fire experiment; fire spread; wildfire; building survival; building destruction; factors; ignition frequency; probabilistic risk analysis; fire statistics; risk quantification; building categories; Barrois model; quantitative risk analysis; road tunnel; fire safety; LBAQRAMo; F/N curve; fire factor; residential buildings; fire accidents; fire safety evacuation; scientometric research; clustering analysis; research method; numerical simulation; laminated glass; fire performance; reaction-to-fire properties fire hazard; smoke hazard; risk analysis; structural fire risk; urban vulnerability index; mapping; GIS-MCDM; city; R language; mice package; HAZOP; Bayesian network; fire trend; risk modelling; risk analysis; wooden home fire risk indicator; cold-climate fires; n/a