An evolutionary approach for fire risk assessment in Brazilian slums.
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2011
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Fires are frequent in urban slums. In general, a fire beginning in a slum community gets
out of control and the resultant fire propagation affects large areas. Lack of reliable data
on slum fires is an obstacle for immediate application of quantitative methods for fire
risk assessment. This article proposes an evolutionary approach to risk assessment in
slums. The concepts of structured and unstructured systems for risk assessment are
introduced. A sequence of methods is proposed going from qualitative to fully quantitative.
In addition, a critical analysis of the index method is provided; such a method
might avoid subjectivity in adopting a power rule for risk and safety factors.
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Urban slums, Structured and unstructured systems, Index methods, Risk assessment
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GOUVEIA, A. M. C. de; BARANOSKI, E. L.; REZENDE, M. F. An evolutionary approach for fire risk assessment in Brazilian slums. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, v. 22, p. 10-20, 2011. Disponível em: <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1042391511426216>. Acesso em: 20 jul. 2017.