Human behaviour in informal settlement fires in Costa Rica

SG Arce, C Jeanneret, J Gales, D Antonellis… - Safety science, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Globally, 1 billion people live in informal settlements, which are typically highly susceptible
to fire. Small fires can quickly evolve into large conflagrations causing significant losses of …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and numerical study for the effect of horizontal openings on the external plume and potential fire spread in informal settlements

M Beshir, K Omar, FR Centeno, S Stevens, L Gibson… - Applied Sciences, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
According to recent UN reports, it is estimated that more than one billion people live in
informal settlements globally, exposing them to a large potential fire risk. In previous …

[HTML][HTML] Fire risk assessments of informal settlements based on fire risk index and Bayesian network

J Hu, X ** country, China has a large number of informal settlements
threatened by fire, including shanty towns, urban villages, group rented houses …