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SUMMARY:Fire Safety and Sustainable Infrastructure and Communities
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. José L. Torero\, University Edinburgh UK\nIt has been r
 ecognized that urban development and the accompanying infrastructure needs
  to be designed and maintained in a sustainable way. Much effort has been 
 made on understanding energy management\, life cycles and environmental su
 stainability\; in contrast the role of safety (in specific fire safety) as
  a threat to the sustainability of communities has been largely ignored. F
 ire Safety is a complex problem that encompasses issues as diverse as stru
 ctural behaviour\, toxicology or water management.\nFurthermore\, the spec
 ific problems involved require time and length scale resolution that range
  from the nano-metre and nano-second to the kilometres and hours. This pre
 sentation will highlight the link between Fire Safety and sustainable deve
 lopment. A series of examples will be selected to describe the fundamental
  research areas being explored and the potential impact on urban developme
 nt. The examples will include linking micro-pollutants to fire retardants 
 and its impact on fire management\, understanding of novel structural comp
 onents and materials and their impact on construction and architecture\, t
 he impact of urban development on Urban-Wildland-Interface (UWI) fires and
  the impact of modern sensor technology on the structure of the fire servi
 ce.
LOCATION:GR B3 30
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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