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Efficient evacuation strategies for emergency response management
1, Nomesh B Bolia2
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. OR-CID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3247-9023.
Journal of Emergency Management (Weston, Mass.)
|April 22, 2022
Summary
Effective evacuation planning is crucial for disaster response. This review synthesizes transportation strategies and presents a framework to improve evacuation efficiency and safety during emergencies.
Area of Science:
- Emergency Management
- Transportation Engineering
- Disaster Science
Background:
- Disasters are frequent globally, making evacuation planning essential for emergency response.
- Ensuring safe and rapid evacuation is critical due to the high stakes involved.
- Understanding evacuation dynamics is key to improving efficiency.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review past evacuation strategies focused on transportation planning.
- To outline steps for modeling evacuation processes for decision-makers.
- To develop strategies for enhancing evacuation efficiency.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of existing evacuation strategies.
- Analysis of transportation planning aspects in evacuation.
- Development of a decision-making framework for evacuation scenarios.
Main Results:
- Identification of various strategies to improve evacuation efficiency.
- A structured framework to aid decision-makers in evacuation planning.
- Insights into transportation modeling for effective evacuations.
Conclusions:
- Evacuation planning, particularly transportation aspects, requires systematic approaches.
- The presented framework can guide decision-makers in optimizing evacuation strategies.
- Gaps in current literature highlight areas for future research in evacuation planning.
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