- Author
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Melly, M.
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Lennon, P.
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Lennon, R.
- Title
- Who Defers to Whom? Deference Behavior on Stairs.
- Coporate
- Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009,
Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England,
Cambridge, UK,
135-146 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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stairways
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people movement
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occupants
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occupant response
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methodology
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fire drills
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flow rate
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; safe and rapid movement of occupants during an emergency evacuation; merging process of the occupants; deference behaviour that occurs in stairs during a building evacuation; merging process and deference behavior; merging process and deference behaviour on landings on stairs; building characteristics; floor flow rate; stair population density