Safety of users in road evacuation: Simulation of a user refuge area

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 96, Issue , 2007, Pages 793-802

  Vitetta, A ^a   Assumma, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Queue; Refuge area; Safety; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; QUEUEING THEORY; SAFETY FACTOR;

REFUGE AREA; ROAD EVACUATION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; REFUGE; ROAD; SAFETY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849196175     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/UT070751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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