The University of Edinburgh | Dr David Rush: Flammable cities: a burning issue for our world's poorest @EdinburghUniversity | Uploaded August 2019 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
Each year the College of Science and Engineering presents a special evening of lectures and hands-on science, showcasing exciting research at the University of Edinburgh.
Over one billion people across the globe live in informal shack settlements, and this number is steadily increasing. Many of these informal settlements (i.e. shantytowns, favelas, slums) are at constant risk of lethal, large-scale destructive fires due to flammable construction materials, heating and cooking methods, shack proximity, etc.
In this presentation, Dr David Rush will highlight the global extent of the urban-fire problem including those who are most at risk. The focus will then turn to the example of Cape Town and the research findings from the IRIS-Fire team – an international group led by the University of Edinburgh – who are looking at the engineering and social aspects of the urban-fire issue.
Each year the College of Science and Engineering presents a special evening of lectures and hands-on science, showcasing exciting research at the University of Edinburgh.
Over one billion people across the globe live in informal shack settlements, and this number is steadily increasing. Many of these informal settlements (i.e. shantytowns, favelas, slums) are at constant risk of lethal, large-scale destructive fires due to flammable construction materials, heating and cooking methods, shack proximity, etc.
In this presentation, Dr David Rush will highlight the global extent of the urban-fire problem including those who are most at risk. The focus will then turn to the example of Cape Town and the research findings from the IRIS-Fire team – an international group led by the University of Edinburgh – who are looking at the engineering and social aspects of the urban-fire issue.
