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A Preliminary Study on the Safety of Buildings with Vulnerability to Disasters - Focusing on the Legislative Tasks between Korea and the U.S.A. -

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2016, 12(1), pp.139-156
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general

LEE DONG KYU 1

1동아대학교

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ABSTRACT

The safety management of a building is performed respectively for each of its component with a particular function such as electricity, fire fighting, elevators, city gas, boilers, and so on. However, there is a need of controlling the safety of the building as a whole. The construction laws in Korea and the United States basically deal with the durability of the building and possible risks of fire, in relation to the safety of the building. Unlike the risk assessment system integrating various types of disasters and accidents in the US, the safety inspection system in Korea focus mostly on the maintenance and management of the building itself to ensure durability and abrasion resistance of its components separately. This study highlights a need of an integrative risk assessment for the building safety in Korea, learned from the US system.

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