- Author
- Kose, S.
- Title
- Emergence of Aged Populace: Who Is at Higher Risk in Fires?
- Coporate
- Building Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan
- Journal
- Fire and Materials, Vol. 23, No. 6, 337-340, November/December 1999
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 1st. Proceedings. August 31-September 2, 1998, Textflow Ltd., Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Shields, J., Editors, 333-339 p., ['1999', '1998']
- Keywords
- human behavior | performance based codes | fire safety | elderly persons | occupants | handicapped | decision making | human response
- Identifiers
- number of disabled persons by type of disability in Japan (in thousands); persons with disabilities 'invisible' to 'mainstreamed'; rapid increase in life expectancy and decreasing birth rate; reconstructing the aged persons capabilities; frequency of daily stair use of aged persons in dwellings by walking capability classification (in percent); walking capability and age (number of persons); impact of growing 'disabled' population on fire safety