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Fire hazard assessment in commercial areas of lahore
(UMT Lahore, 2020) AMNA ALI; NAVEED NISAR; M. SHEERAZ NAZ
Commercial areas of Lahore have its own significance in the city, while no one ever thinks about the area whether it is safe or not. To analyze the role of disaster management in commercial areas of Lahore, the research selected first two phases of disaster management cycle which are (i) Perception and (ii) Preparedness. Considering the existing situation of Lahore commercial area, this research is divided into two study areas (i) Formal Markets or Multi Story Commercial Areas and (ii) Informal Markets or Traditional Commercial Markets. These areas have been surveyed and collected data. The analysis of data shows that informal markets have well perception of the occurrence of disaster while they lack in preparedness cycle. As well as formal markets are well prepared in both except one study area which is Hafeez Center, being victim of fire hazard disaster in previous leads to the safety concerns. This research allows to analyze the collected data and its indicators into different phases where as the study highly reflects to existing condition of fire hazard assessment of commercial areas of Lahore.