A view on the means of fire prevention of ancient Chinese buildings – from religious belief to practice

Structural Survey

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 201-209

  Grace Cheng, W Y ^a   Lo, S M ^a   Fang, Z ^b   Cheng, C X ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Architecture; Buildings; China; Fire; Historical research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993109324     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800410563741     Document Type: Review

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