Improving the resilience of informal settlements to fire (IRIS-Fire)
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Over one billion people across the globe live in informal shack settlements, and this number is ever increasing alongside growing urbanization. These settlements are some of the most vulnerable areas for large-scale fires that cause significant harm to life and livelihood. The research aims to understand, map, and model where the risks are in informal settlements with respect to both the ignition and the spread of fire. From there intervention strategies can be developed and implemented to reduce the frequency and size of the fires.
Image: CC-BY Detail from Wang, Yu; Rush, David. (2019). Cone calorimeter tests of combustible materials found in informal settlements, [dataset]. University of Edinburgh. School of Engineering. https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/2599.
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Informal dwelling fires, 2009 - 2015, City of Cape Town
This data collates fires of an "informal" nature obtained from the City of Cape Town Fire Incidence database (https://web1.capetown.gov.za/web1/OpenDataPortal/DatasetDetail?DatasetName=Fire%20incidence). The dataset differs ... -
Fire in Cape Town informal settlements mapped from remote sensing
This data was created from a remote sensing method using Sentinel 2 data originally described in: Gibson, L., Engelbrecht, J. & Rush, D. Detecting historic informal settlement fires with Sentinel 1 and 2 satellite data - ... -
Conceptual risk model for fire risk in informal settlements of Cape Town
This dataset contains fire risk data for informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa. The geographic dataset in shapefile format consists of polygons of informal settlements in the City of Cape Town with attributable ... -
Informal settlement dwellings mapped from LiDAR for selected informal settlements in Cape Town
This dataset consists of polygons delineating informal dwelling roofs for selected informal settlements in Cape Town. The polygons were derived from LiDAR data made available from the City of Cape Town and mapped by Adedayo ... -
Dwelling outline - Informal Settlements of Cape Town
This data was generated under agreement by Centre for Geographical Analysis, Stellenbosch University. The geographic dataset in shapefile format consists of polygons of informal settlement dwelling in the City of Cape Town. ... -
Cone calorimeter tests of combustible materials found in informal settlements
Data supporting Wang et al. "Cone calorimeter tests of combustible materials found in informal settlements" (In submission). See readme.txt for detail of contents of files.
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