Hazards Awareness and Mitigation in Buildings
Hazards Awareness and Mitigation in Buildings
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2014
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MANZUMA, M.B. DODO, Mansir ENYOJO, Adama
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Buildings in any geographic location are subject to a wide variety of hazards of natural
disasters. This research is aimed at identifying the common hazards that buildings are
exposed to with the view of coming up with measures that will assist in mitigating the
impact of disasters on the buildings and building users at Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria. Eighty structured questionnaires were administered to building users and twenty
to construction professionals. Results of the research revealed that the adequacy and
awareness of protection of buildings against hazards is good but in need of further
improvement. It was however recommended that proper and adequate investigation of
the location of proposed buildings should be conducted so as to ascertain the type of
hazards present and measures should be put in place to mitigate any identified hazard
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Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria