Title
Towards a territorial multi-disaster buildings' resistance certification / Daniele Fabrizio Bignami.
ISBN
9788847052239 electronic book
8847052238 electronic book
9788847052222
Published
Milan : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 127 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-88-470-5223-9 doi
Call Number
TH9025
Dewey Decimal Classification
693.8
Summary
Disaster risk is increasing, not only in number of events, but also in incurred losses. Such increases are being driven also by the growing exposure of assets, due to the rapid urban growth, because vulnerability decreases as countries develop, but not enough to compensate. The situation will be more and more critical, due to the growth of the amount of the building stock. Thus we need new initiatives to foster upgrading of existing building and enhancement of land planning strategies. ?Safe Home? scheme is aimed at increasing urban safety requirements against hazards under an advanced labeling approach. It provides a quantitative evaluation of building performance through an objective, reproducible approach, assessing risks at a land, urban and building scale. Aim of this rating system is to result in useful information to different users, like land planning decision makers, owners, purchasers, tenants or property and real estate managers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 9, 2014).
Series
SpringerBriefs in environmental science, 2191-5547
Introduction
Along the research path
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Territory, buildings, sustainability and disaster risks: the necessity of new answers
Chapter 2 Choices in developing the PRED certification scheme
Chapter 3 Definition of the PRED rating and labelling system
Chapter 4 Auditing and analytical procedure for risk assessment
Concluding considerations: can we succeed in limiting the consequences of calamities?
Bibliography.
