Testing solutions of a multi-disaster building’s certification functional to the built environment sustainability and resilience
International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
ISSN: 1759-5908
Article publication date: 13 February 2017
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to present phenomenological extensions and technical improvements of a recent research path on a potential operational scheme aiming at promoting an effective disasters risk reduction of built urban areas, namely, the proposal of a Certification of the Predisposition of Resistance of Edifices to Disasters.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors illustrate new steps of a multidisciplinary research conducted by merging different fields of study, such as disaster risk analysis, sustainable land use and urban planning, environmental assessment methods, different buildings safety topics and certification and auditing management systems tools.
Findings
This work is based on research developed in Italy by carrying out new tests in the coastal regions of Liguria and Tuscany to validate improvements and to confirm in different territories the assessment process of most significant natural and man-made hazards already included in the certification scheme previously developed on the basis of the continental regions of Lombardy and Piedmont.
Originality/value
Investigations and results give firmer foundations and exploitability to a certification such as the one presented here.
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Acknowledgements
The author wishes to thank Luca Canziani, Davide Prandoni, Giuseppe and Matteo Iuliano, Claudio Magro and Ivano Delbuono.
Citation
Bignami, D.F. (2017), "Testing solutions of a multi-disaster building’s certification functional to the built environment sustainability and resilience", International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 77-97. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-04-2016-0015
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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