- Author
- 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
- human behavior | evacuation | emergencies | response time | management systems | risks | regulations | planning | uncertainty | 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)