Review of policies and practices for Hurricane evacuation. I: Transportation planning, preparedness, and response

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 129-142

  Wolshon, Brian ^a   Urbina, Elba ^b   Wilmot, Chester ^a   Levitan, Marc ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chiang Patel and Yerby Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Emergency services; Evacuation; Hurricanes; Traffic management; Transportation management

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY SERVICES; EVACUATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COASTAL ZONES; DISASTERS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HURRICANES; TORNADOES; TRAFFIC CONTROL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HURRICANE RESISTANCE;

HURRICANE;

EID: 23844539413     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2005)6:3(129)     Document Type: Review

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