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Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings’ Resistance Certification

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Daniele Fabrizio Bignami

    1. Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

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  • Disasters are always an actual topic and the particular risk related to the homes is a citizens concern
  • A demand of an assessment system is frequently asked after every catastrophe (especially in Europe)
  • Building market is constantly asking for new certifications to distinguish products
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Territory, Buildings, Sustainability and Disaster Risks: The Necessity of New Answers

    • Daniele Fabrizio Bignami
    Pages 1-19

  3. Choices in Developing the PRED Certification Scheme

    • Daniele Fabrizio Bignami
    Pages 21-53

  4. Definition of the PRED Rating and Labelling System

    • Daniele Fabrizio Bignami
    Pages 55-77

  5. Auditing and Analytical Procedure for Risk Indices Assessment

    • Daniele Fabrizio Bignami
    Pages 79-117

  6. Concluding Considerations: Can We Succeed in Limiting the Consequences of Calamities?

    • Daniele Fabrizio Bignami
    Pages 119-121

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 123-127
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Disaster risk is increasing, not only in number of events, but also in incurred losses. Such increases are being driven also by the growing exposure of assets, due to the rapid urban growth, because vulnerability decreases as countries develop, but not enough to compensate. The situation will be more and more critical, due to the growth of the amount of the building stock. Thus we need new initiatives to foster upgrading of existing building and enhancement of land planning strategies. “Safe Home” scheme is aimed at increasing urban safety requirements against hazards under an advanced labeling approach. It provides a quantitative evaluation of building performance through an objective, reproducible approach, assessing risks at a land, urban and building scale. Aim of this rating system is to result in useful information to different users, like land planning decision makers, owners, purchasers, tenants or property and real estate managers.

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  • Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Daniele Fabrizio Bignami

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