Presentation of an Interior Layout Pattern for a Presumptive Port based on Passive Defence Consideration

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The purpose of this article, is to present a pattern for the interior layout and arrangement of port elements from a passive defense view point. To this end, firstly the internal sections of port including piers, warehouse, human force concentrations and vital installations are recognized. Thereafter, different types of threats related to potential natural accidents- terrorist and military attacks- jeopardizing the port are determined and appropriate measures are taken accordingly. These provisions are effected within a systematic layout planning (SLP) frame work. So that, at the first stage, regarding provisions, the significance and the degree of relation between different port segments are delineated. In the second stage, the relations between different activities are dealt. Then, the required and the available space regarding partial and moderate limitation are compared. In the subsequent step, the space relation diagram and the diagram of relation activities are considered. The fourth step deals with the alternative layout design and drawing conclusions from the relation activities diagram. Finally an evaluation of the new layout is presented.

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