Microsimulation of hurricane evacuation strategies of Galveston Island

Professional Geographer

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-173

  Chen, Xuwei ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Galveston Island; Micro simulation; Simultaneous evacuation; Staged evacuation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; NATURAL HAZARD; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

GALVESTON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41549100719     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120701873645     Document Type: Article

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