The study of public safety problem caused by illegal use of commercial buildings

• Main Authors: Peng, Hsueh-Li, 彭學禮
• Other Authors: Hsieh Chao-i
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1996
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59959575305997171121

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 建築學系 === 84 === ABSTRACT： The illegal use of building in Taiwan is mainly aproduct of highly economical development,and it is also anunique character existing in many Taiwan cities andtownships. In resent years,the violation of building codesincreases many folds,and many commercial buildings arebeing illegally used.The current regulations on commercialmanagement do not match up with such complicatedenvironment. Thus,building fire have resulted in heavycasualties and financial loss. Hence,the public safetyproblem of building fire,especially on commercialbuildings,is becoming an important issue to be dealt withby the government. The current research of fire events focuses mainly onfire engineering and rescuing system. However, it is moreimoportant to prevent the occurance of fire. Therefore,thepublic safety problem about this research,mainly on therelationship between the commercial management and controlof building usage. According to the above,we firstlydistinguish the unlawful business behavior from theillegal use of building. Bsides,we not only introduce the foreign related codesinto the research but examine the current policy and codesin Taiwan. Thirdly,we analyze commercial buildings fireevents from 1994 to 1995 in Taiwan,and discuss the actionsdelt with by the government. We utilize Delphi method toacquire the opinions of experts in this field so as todevelop a strategy to improve the public safety policiesin the feture. Finally,we provide our conclusions on public safetyproblem of commercial buildings from three major areas:1.how to establish regulations and codes;2.how to execute policies;and3.how to improve social and economic environment. We also provide our recommendations including shortterm policy medium and long term strategies,to allpertinent government agencies for their references.