- Author
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Tubbs, J.
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Meacham, B.
- Title
- Selecting Appropriate Evacuation Strategies for SuperTall Buildings: Current Challenges and Needs.
- Coporate
- Arup, Cambridge, MA
Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009,
Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England,
Cambridge, UK,
41-50 p.,
2009
- Keywords
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human behavior
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World Trade Center
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evacuation
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evacuation time
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high rise buildings
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human response
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egress
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risks
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elevators (lifts)
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life safety
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first responders
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stairways
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fire fighters
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people movement
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Life Safety Code
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emergencies
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occupants
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occupant response
- Identifiers
- implications of changing expectations; risk perception; behavior in the post-9/11 environment; difficulty with negotiating stairs; large populations; phased and partial evacuation strategies; simultaneous full-building evacuation; protected evacuation elevators; risk informed performance-based approaches