Safety of users in road evacuation: Some enhancement in modelling pedestrian evacuation of a building

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 101, Issue , 2008, Pages 739-749

  Di Gangi, M ^a   Velona P ^b   Catanzariti, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Mesoscopic models; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; FLOW SIMULATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; SHOPPING CENTERS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION;

EVACUATION; EVACUATION PROCEDURES; FLOW MODELS; MESOSCOPIC MODELS; PEDESTRIAN; PRIMARY SCHOOLS; RISK REDUCTIONS; TEST SITES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; URBAN AREAS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

BUILDING; CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MODE WATER; MODELING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 58849157866     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/UT080711     Document Type: Conference Paper

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