Large-Scale Evacuation: The Analysis, Modeling, and Management of Emergency Relocation from Hazardous Areas

ISBN-13: 9781032241746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 346 str.

Michael K. Lindell; Pamela Murray-Tuite; Brian Wolshon

Opis

This book will introduce the reader to the steps involved in evacuation modelling for towns and cities, from understanding the hazards that can require large-scale evacuations, through understanding how local officials decide to issue evacuation advisories. This book will be of interest researchers, practitioners, and advanced students.

Spis treści

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

List of Acronyms

Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview

Chapter 2 Natural and Technological Hazards Requiring Evacuation Management

Chapter 3 Protective Actions and Protective Action Decision Making

Chapter 4 Who Leaves and Who Does Not

Chapter 5 When Do Evacuees Leave?

Chapter 6 Managing Evacuation Logistics

Chapter 7 Evacuation Behavioral Forecasts

Chapter 8 Strategies for Managing Evacuation Demand and Capacity

Chapter 9 Evacuation Traffic Modeling and Simulation

Chapter 10 Evacuation Termination and Reentry

Chapter 11 Case Studies 2

Glossary

Index

O autorze

Michael K. Lindell is Emeritus Professor at the Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center at Texas A&M University and is Affiliate Professor at the Institute for Hazard Mitigation Planning and Research at University of Washington.

Pamela Murray-Tuite is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Clemson University.

Brian Wolshon is the Edward A. and Karen Wax Schmitt Distinguished Professor and Director of the Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency at Louisiana State University.

Earl J. Baker is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Geography at Florida State University.