Home Basement Sharing: An Analysis and a Possible Approach to Planning

Abstract

Home basement sharing is one of the ways by which whatever shelter deficits might be partially overcome. This study considers the extent to which home basement sharing might be feasible, and the degree to which a program of this kind would contribute to the protection of our people against nuclear hazards. Tentative approaches to home basement sharing planning are developed on the premise that the population might be protected 'in-place' or upon 'relocation,' and that basement sharing plans might be developed under 'normalcy conditions' or under 'crisis conditions.' The study arrives at programmatic recommendations as to how such planning could be accomplished should the nation choose to consider the incorporation of private basements into the national shelter system on a voluntary basis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA030970

Entities

People

  • Jiri Nehnevajsa

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disasters
  • Fallout Shelters
  • Families (Human)
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Hazards
  • Law
  • Operating Systems
  • Plastic Explosives
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Urban Areas
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Systems Analysis and Design