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Arkani, S (1999) Contractual interfaces: the implications of building production process management and interorganisational relations for productivity in building project coalitions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Greenwich.
Carbonari, G (2018) Sustainable facilities management with the support of building information modelling, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Built Environment, University of Greenwich.
Connaughton, J N (1993) Making and implementing industrial building investment decisions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Cooper, J (2015) Sustainable building maintenance within social housing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Herrero, J J (2003) Columbus: a solution using metadata for integrating document management, project hosting and document control in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich.
Jiang, H (2012) The development of a scenario independent method for evaluating the evacuation complexity of a building, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Keath, M (1983) The development of school construction systems in Hertfordshire 1946-64, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Khan, L R (2014) Reliability estimation and risk-cost optimisation of underground pipelines, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Siddiqui, A A (2019) An investigation into data sharing between building information modelling and fire safety engineering, with potential applications to smart buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
Simpson, Y (2014) The potential impact of the HE Educational White Paper 2011 on higher education and professional construction education: professional quantity surveying education in England, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Education & Community Studies, University of Greenwich.
Thompson, O (2020) Towards a comprehensive understanding of human behaviour in dwelling fires, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Greenwich.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: gender; human behaviour; motivation; dwellings; evacuation; fire safety; policy; safety; training; statistical analysis
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- URL: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/31347/
- Abstract:
This thesis looks at human behaviour in accidental dwelling fires (ADFs), specifically the behaviours and motivations of those who survive fires in low-rise dwellings. Human behaviour in fire is a well-established subject area, but the primary research focus has been on behaviour in public, commercial and industrial spaces. With the exception of the identification of occupant-related risk-factors for fire fatalities, there has been very limited research undertaken to understand human behaviour in ADFs. This lack of understanding means that the frameworks, models, and other tools used to understand, explain and predict behaviours in fires are currently of limited relevance to dwellings. A range of descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was undertaken on 419 occupant surveys collected as part of the LIFEBID project. This analysis has developed an understanding of people’s behaviours and motivations, associations between behaviours and select variables (e.g. gender, smoke alarms), as well as advanced understanding of risk factors for ADF injuries. A total of nine research questions were proposed. The study was able to answer eight of these; a lack of available data from high-rise dwellings prevented investigation of the other. The research findings have been distilled into five highlights and have led to the development of the Domestic Appraisal Response (DAR), a shorthand way to contextualise occupant behaviour during an ADF. As well as contributing to clear gaps in the knowledge, this work has a range of practical and theoretical outcomes for both practitioners and academics. For evacuation modellers, the findings offer a resource to assist in the development of behavioural itineraries for evacuation modelling. For fire and rescue services, the findings are relevant to: fire safety messaging, fire prevention activity, incident command training and operational response, and emergency call handling. Importantly, this work has already resulted in changes to fire and rescue policy and practice.
Umeokafor, N I (2017) Realities of construction health and safety regulation in Nigeria, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Design, University of Greenwich.
Zhang, J (2018) Building a sustainability assessment model for highway infrastructure projects in Yunnan, China, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, Design & Construction, University of Greenwich.