Emergency evacuation planning is a vital problem that affects building occupants’ safety. The commonly used static plans rely on signs disregarding crowd density changes. Such often lead to congestion at emergency exits; since many occupants tend avoid following exit as they feel safer the crowds exiting or other paths familiar them. This paper proposes smart and adaptable system predicts adapt...

This commentary addresses Bowen et al’s empirical study of perspectives of Canadian healthcare staff towards research and their call for multi-faceted action to improve misalignments in the system. This commentary argues that tensions and misalignments between research and service are inherent and can never be eradicated. Building on previous work by Lanham et al, I pro...

analyzing spatial planning system in different countries could help make appropriate decisions to improve functional system of planning in our country. belgium, inspite of its limited area, has a unique planning system which is derived from political and social condition. belgium has a federal system which is composed of three cultural societies and three economic regions. spatial planning is i...