- Author
- Tubbs, J. | 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
- human behavior | World Trade Center | evacuation | evacuation time | high rise buildings | human response | egress | risks | elevators (lifts) | life safety | first responders | stairways | fire fighters | people movement | Life Safety Code | emergencies | occupants | 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