Interior Environment of the Buildings Hit by Floods

Abstract:

Deterioration of the quality of interior environment is always consequence of buildings being hit by floods. The structures and the furnishing of the buildings are exposed during such event to moisture and contaminants carried by the floodwater. Comprehensive evaluation of the effects of floods on buildings is very difficult due to influence of large number of factors, which may be mixed in infinite number of varieties. This paper is focused on analyses of the most important factors influencing the quality of the interior environment of the buildings when flooded the characteristics of the building structures, furnishing and floodwater.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 899)
• Pages: 332-337
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.899.332
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Jan Pašek, Tereza Tribulová, Jiří Frankl
• Keywords: Bacteria, Contamination, Floodwater, Health Safety of Buildings, Interior Environment of Buildings, Molds

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DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.02.009