Fire Evacuation and Exit Design in Heritage Cultural Centres

This book highlights human behaviour and architectural considerations for prescriptive code requirements for emergency exits in heritage cultural centers. Closed circuit television camera (CCTV) footage from a Canadian heritage cultural centre was analyzed from three separate unannounced evacuations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gales, John, Champagne, René (Author), Harun, Georgette (Author), Carton, Hannah (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to Fire Evacuation and Exit Design in Heritage Cultural Centres
  • 2. Data Collection for Evacuations of a Heritage Cultural Centre
  • 3. Human Behavioural Analysis for Evacuations of a Heritage Cultural Centre
  • 4. Architectural Implications for Evacuation Modelling of a Heritage Cultural Centre
  • 5. Strategies for Effective Evacuation of Heritage Cultural Centres