Performance-based building regulation: Current situation and future needs

Building Research and Information

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-106

  Meacham, Brian ^a   Bowen, Robert ^b   Traw, Jon ^c   Moore, Amanda ^a  

^a ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Traw Associates Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Building regulation; Glohalization; Governance; Performance; Performance based building; Performance based regulation; Public safety; Regulation development; Research needs; Societal expectations

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; FIRE RESISTANCE; MODERNIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WASTEWATER;

BUILDING REGULATIONS; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE; PERFORMANCE-BASED BUILDINGS; PERFORMANCE-BASED REGULATION; PUBLIC SAFETY; REGULATION DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH NEEDS; SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 12844249367     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961321042000322780     Document Type: Review

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