Pinch analysis to reduce fire susceptibility by redeveloping urban built forms

Fire disasters pose a severe threat to the functionality of the cities and their sustainable development. Lack of analytical approach in research literature hinders the development of a fire-resilient city. A novel analytical framework is proposed in this paper to reduce the overall fire susceptibil...

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Published inClean technologies and environmental policy Vol. 22; no. 7; pp. 1531 - 1546
Main Authors Kumar, Vaibhav, Bandyopadhyay, Santanu, Ramamritham, Krithi, Jana, Arnab
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Case studies
Cities
Decision making
Developing countries
Disasters
Earth and Environmental Science
Environment
Environmental Economics
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Environmental policy
Fire prevention
Industrial and Production Engineering
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
LDCs
Original Paper
Redevelopment
Regression analysis
Regression models
Resilience
Susceptibility
Sustainable Development
Mumbai India
India
Developing countries
Fire resilience
Pinch analysis
Linear regression
Cost optimization
Urban built forms
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Summary:Fire disasters pose a severe threat to the functionality of the cities and their sustainable development. Lack of analytical approach in research literature hinders the development of a fire-resilient city. A novel analytical framework is proposed in this paper to reduce the overall fire susceptibility of a city through a cost-effective redevelopment of the existing urban built forms (UBF). The proposed framework involves a regression model to capture the linear relationship between the fire susceptibility of an area and the built-up variables at a granular scale. Additionally, extended pinch analysis is incorporated in the framework to minimize the financial expenses incurred during the redevelopment, for the reduction in fire susceptibility of a city. The applicability of the proposed framework is demonstrated through a case study involving the southern region of Mumbai, India. The results suggest medium-rise buildings should be the main constituent for the UBF in Mumbai to reduce its fire susceptibility cost-effectively. Based on the illustrated case study, specific policies are recommended. The proposed novel methodology endorses a holistic decision-making process, applicable in developing fire-resilient cities in developing countries. Graphic abstract
ISSN:1618-954X
1618-9558
DOI:10.1007/s10098-020-01895-y