ctbuh.org/papers Title: Environmental Risk Analysis for High-Rise Buildings in Belgium With the European Seveso Directives Authors: Yves Dechamps, Université Libre de Bruxelles Yves Rammer, Université Libre de Bruxelles Philippe Bouillard, Université Libre de Bruxelles Subjects: Sustainability/Green/Energy Urban Design Keywords: Environment Risk Publication Date: 2011 Original Publication: CTBUH 2011 Seoul Conference Paper Type: 1. Book chapter/Part chapter 2. Journal paper 3. Conference proceeding 4. Unpublished conference paper 5. Magazine article 6. Unpublished © Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat / Yves Dechamps; Yves Rammer; Philippe Bouillard CTBUH 2011 World Conference October 10-12, 2011, COEX, Seoul, KOREA _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MS03-07 Environmental Risk Analysis for High-Rise Buildings In Belgium With The European Seveso Directives Yves Dechamps1, Philippe Bouillard2, Yves Rammer3 Department of Building, Architecture and Town Planning – BATir, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium,
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[email protected] 3 Yves Dechamps Biography Yves Dechamps is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Building, Architecture and Town planning, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. He graduated as an architectural engineer in 2008 at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and in 2009 he obtained a grant by the Brussels Institute for Research and Innovation (IRSIB). His research areas include high-rise building risks and environmental analysis. Abstract The High-Rise Buildings (HRB) are currently the subject of many discussions about their architectural and sociological impact in the city but the situation regarding the safety w.r.t. to their environments and related risks? In the past, HRB were strongly criticized for their poor integration in the city but now the environmental safety aspects cannot be neglected.