EJALE, EGHONGHON ANNE and Covenant University, Theses (2021) EFFECTIVENESS OF PASSIVE FIRE MEASURES IN THE DESIGN OF A MARKET BUILDING, BENIN CITY. Masters thesis, COVENANT UNIVERSITY.
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Abstract
Markets offer social, cultural and economic character to a society. Hence, frequent fire outbreaks act as a major disruption to the lives of many people, especially traders. This research recognises the importance of a sustainable solution to the fire outbreaks and poor fire safety management associated with Nigerian markets. Therefore, the study aims to investigate the existing fire safety measures in some selected markets and adopt passive fire safety strategies in designing a modern market in Benin city. The research employs observation guides to examine selected case studies with a history of fire incidences, and the results are analysed using measures of central tendency The findings indicated that most markets in Nigeria do not have adequate passive fire safety measures making their building structures susceptible to grave damages in the event of a fire outbreak. Based on these results, a new market design was developed. This new market conforms with the principles of passive fire safety strategies for a sustainable solution to fire hazards in markets.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Market, Fire safety, Benin City, Passive fire safety measures |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NA Architecture |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2022 09:10 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 09:10 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/15627 |
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