- Author
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Tavares, R. M.
- Title
- Analysis of the Fire Safety Codes in Brazil: Is the Performance-Based Approach the Best Practice?
- Coporate
- OPTSEG-Optimal Safety Engineering, Regent's Park, NW1 3RE, London, England
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 44,
No. 5,
749-755,
July 2009
- Keywords
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fire codes
|
fire safety
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performance based codes
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fire risks
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regulations
- Identifiers
- Brazil; prescriptive codes; fire safety culture; perception of fire risks; main advantages and disadvantages of the prescriptive codes; main advantages and disadvantages of the performance-based codes; criteria for evaluating if the performance-based code are well implemented or not well implemented