Our cities are evolving quickly and the frameworks for their evolution are constantly changing, too. Buildings and infrastructure facilities have a limited life span, which leads to a change in people's models for work as well as life and thus to a densification of residential and business districts in inner cities. Climate change and other dangers to civilization must necessarily lead to a reassessment and change in urban development.
The security of a city or the safety within a city affects different levels which are usually structured in a hierarchy.
Securing the quality of life of individuals in their social environment is the main goal. This includes the aspects of living, recreation, communication, working and the provision of all the necessities of life. Second to the quality of life of the individual, the next level in the hierarchy consists of the constructed and the natural environment, i.e. the buildings and urban quarters, the city and the surrounding areas. Everything is exposed to a different set of dangers, each of which is relevant in different ways to the city safety. For example, a flood or an earthquake will affect the entire city including the surrounding area, while the collapse of a single building only affects the local area. It is particularly difficult to assess the consequences that might occur if an event with a small cause triggers a cascade of events with a much larger impact.
Securing the quality of life of individuals in their social environment is the main goal. This includes the aspects of living, recreation, communication, working and the provision of all the necessities of life. Second to the quality of life of the individual, the next level in the hierarchy consists of the constructed and the natural environment, i.e. the buildings and urban quarters, the city and the surrounding areas. Everything is exposed to a different set of dangers, each of which is relevant in different ways to the city safety. For example, a flood or an earthquake will affect the entire city including the surrounding area, while the collapse of a single building only affects the local area. It is particularly difficult to assess the consequences that might occur if an event with a small cause triggers a cascade of events with a much larger impact.
Prof. Vanessa Miriam Carlow, Institut für
Nachhaltigen Städtebau
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Budelmann, Institut
für Baustoffe, Massivbau und Brandschutz
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Laura de Lorenzis,
Institut für Angewandte Mechanik
Prof. Dr. Ing. Dieter Dinkler, Institut
für Statik
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Empelmann, Institut
für Baustoffe, Massivbau und Brandschutz
Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut für Holzforschung
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Krafczyk, Institut
für rechnergestützte Modellierung im Bauingenieurwesen
Prof. Dr. Hermann Matthies, Institut für
Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Thiele, Institut für
Stahlbau