Movable fire load survey for old residential highrise buildings in Hong Kong

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 94, Issue , 2007, Pages 215-222

  Chow, W K ^a   Ngan, S Y ^a   Lui, G C H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fire load survey; Fire risk; Highrise buildings; Residential buildings

Indexed keywords

FLAMMABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SURVEYS; TALL BUILDINGS;

FIRE LOAD SURVEY; FIRE RISKS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;

FIRES;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FIRE; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 38849154219     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/SAFE070211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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