- Author
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Meacham, B. J.
- Title
- Application of Adaptive Management Concepts to Building Evacuation and Emergency Response.
- Coporate
- 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,
459-470 p.,
2009
- Keywords
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human behavior
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evacuation
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emergencies
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response time
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management systems
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risks
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regulations
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planning
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uncertainty
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design criteria
- Identifiers
- adaptive management concepts; disaster mitigation and emergency response planning; Clark University Center for Risk and Security (CRS); rational but ill-informed public; emergent, self-organizing groups; social networks important; institutional fragmentation; broad contingency planning; high management flexibility and rapid response; Available Safe Egress Time (ASET); Required Safe Egress Time (RSET)