Emergency evacuation in places for public entertainment in Mainland China

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-176

  Jiang, Chuansheng ^a   Li, Wei ^b   Hu, Cheng ^b   Xiong, Yan ^b   Ding, Hui ^b   Chow, W K ^c  

^a CHINA ACADEMY OF SAFETY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING MUNICIPAL INSTITUTE OF LABOUR PROTECTION   (China)

^c Department of Building Services Engineering   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Evacuation; Fire; Places of public entertainment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS; EVACUATION; FIRE; PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SAFETY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG;

EID: 51649130648     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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