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that diversion rates increase as a function of real-time information about traffic conditions such as an accident on the current route (Bonsall and Palmer 1999) and its consequent delay duration (Bonsall and Palmer 1999, Jou et al.
The text explains how to model evacuations that use the road transportation network by combining perspectives from social scientists and transportation engineers, fields that have commonly approached evacuation modelling from distinctly ...
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With this book, you will be able to: Understand how emergency planning fits within the field of emergency management.
At the crossroads of social, cultural, and economic factors, this book examines these and other compelling questions.
At the crossroads of social, cultural, and economic factors, this book examines these and other compelling questions.
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 ...
This work is designed as a reference source for community-wide emergencies.
The authors explore the nature of natural hazards (earthquakes, floods, etc.) and technological dangers (hazardous waste, nuclear power plants, etc.), develop a model for understanding people's reaction to risk messages (Do they evacuate ...
At the crossroads of social, cultural, and economic factors, this book examines these and other compelling questions.