Assessment of safety measures against seismic and fire hazards in the University of Buner
| Autor: | Syed Azmat Ali Shah, Waqas Ahmad, Shahzada Khan, Naqash Tayyab, Amjad Ali, Nawaz Khan Shah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Disaster Advances. 14:37-43 |
| ISSN: | 2278-4543 0974-262X |
| DOI: | 10.25303/1411da3743 |
| Popis: | Safety in schools and universities is essential to guarantee occupants' protection from natural and human-made hazards. An existing building hazard assessment provides the scope to understand the vulnerability situation and recommend safety measures. This study was conducted on buildings within the University of Buner located in the Buner district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Two potential hazards earthquake and fire were considered. UN-Habitat Tools were used for the assessment of safety for multi hazards. To assess the seismic and fire hazards vulnerability, the university structures were assessed for four aspects: planning, architectural, structural and non-structural. It was identified that the building's safety compliance is only 43% as a whole and, in particular, 33% vulnerable to seismic risk and 27% susceptible to fire hazard and requires rehabilitation measures to build the resistance and resilience of the structure to guarantee the safety of the occupants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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