Fire hazard assessment in commercial areas of lahore
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Date
2020
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UMT Lahore
Abstract
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.