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Design of evacuation plans for densely urbanised city centres

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dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, João Coutinho
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorJesus, Eduardo Natividade
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-31T15:58:11Z
dc.date.available2016-10-31T15:58:11Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe high population density and tightly packed nature of some city centres make emergency planning for these urban spaces especially important, given the potential for human loss in case of disaster. Historic and recent events have made emergency service planners particularly conscious of the need for preparing evacuation plans in advance. This paper discusses a methodological approach for assisting decision-makers in designing urban evacuation plans. The approach aims at quickly and safely moving the population away from the danger zone into shelters. The plans include determining the number and location of rescue facilities, as well as the paths that people should take from their building to their assigned shelter in case of an occurrence requiring evacuation. The approach is thus of the location–allocation–routing type, through the existing streets network, and takes into account the trade-offs among different aspects of evacuation actions that inevitably come up during the planning stage. All the steps of the procedure are discussed and systematised, along with computational and practical implementation issues, in the context of a case study – the design of evacuation plans for the historical centre of an old European city.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipEnergy and Mobility for Sustainable Regions (EMSURE) - CENTRO-07-0224-FEDER-002004
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.15.00005pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0965-0903 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1751-7699 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/5710
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherICE Publishingpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jmuen.15.00005pt_PT
dc.subjectDesign methods & aidspt_PT
dc.subjectDisaster engineeringpt_PT
dc.subjectTown and city planningpt_PT
dc.subjectOperations researchpt_PT
dc.titleDesign of evacuation plans for densely urbanised city centrespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage172pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue3pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage160pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleProceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineerpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume169pt_PT
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