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The Lack Of Fire Safety Knowledge And Implementation The Case Of High-Rise Buildings, Mohamad Abou Chakra
The Lack Of Fire Safety Knowledge And Implementation The Case Of High-Rise Buildings, Mohamad Abou Chakra
Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)
High-rise buildings are growing rapidly in number around the world. They are becoming important landmarks that mark out certain geographical areas. The fires of high-rise building have many characters not found in traditional low-rise buildings, like the variety of blazing factors, ways of fire spreading, and difficulty of evacuation. Hence, the protection features of conventional fire methods are not sufficient in designing towers. The paper, at first, summarizes the characteristics of high-rise buildings and fires, the unique features of Tall Buildings and the special life safety requirements for the high-rise buildings. Consequently, the topic of fire and life safety codes …
Optimum Tree Distribution For Pedestrian Walkway Of Commercial Street In Tripoli City, Yasmine Khaled Amkieh
Optimum Tree Distribution For Pedestrian Walkway Of Commercial Street In Tripoli City, Yasmine Khaled Amkieh
Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)
Designing a developed urban city requires sufficient methods to plan its principal parts that include walkways. These walkways are pedestrian connections that contain sidewalks, paths, and highway shoulders. Planning and executing a complete sidewalk require a fulfillment existence of all its parts from the pedestrian walkway, the street furniture, and the frontage zone. The objective of this paper is to increase the surface shadows for the pedestrian walking areas, to attract more people which, increase the economic value of the commercial street. Tripoli city and in particular “Achir El-Dayeh” street is the main case study, as the pedestrian walkway in …
Odor Pollution Assessment In Residential Urban Spaces In Tripoli City, Yasmine Khaled Amkieh
Odor Pollution Assessment In Residential Urban Spaces In Tripoli City, Yasmine Khaled Amkieh
Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)
The odor pollution is a real problem that could threat a city and influence negatively the health of people. The odor is formed from invincible substances and several previous researches in both fields of chemical and meteorological specialization have created visualization maps for odor as an intending to locate the odor source, substances, and affected areas. This research aims to benefit from previous studies in the architectural field in providing a visualization for the odor in the city especially in the residential areas. The objective of the research is to create an assessment of the odor sources and affected residential …