Improving the resilience of informal settlements to fire (IRIS-Fire)

Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	1/05/17 → 31/03/21

Developing an experimental database of burning characteristics of combustible informal dwelling materials based on South African informal settlement investigation
Wang, Y., Betrand, C., Beshir, M., Kahanji, C., Walls, R. & Rush, D., 19 Dec 2019, In: Fire Safety Journal. 111, 102938.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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An experimental and numerical study on the effects of leakages and ventilation conditions on informal settlement fire dynamics
Cicione, A., Walls, R., Stevens, S., Sander, Z., Flores, N., Narayanan, V. & Rush, D., 7 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Fire Technology. 34 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The influence of wind and the spatial layout of dwellings on fire spread in informal settlements in Cape Town
Gibson, L., Cicione, A., Stevens, S. & Rush, D., Jan 2022, In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 91, 24 p., 101734.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Excellent Paper Award
Wang, Y. (Recipient) & Rush, David (Recipient), 10 Nov 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Informal Settlement Fires
David Rush (Keynote speaker)
1 Nov 2018
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

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