Locating fire stations: An integrated approach for Belgium

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-182

  Chevalier, Philippe ^a,b   Thomas, Isabelle ^a   Geraets, David ^c   Goetghebeur, Els ^d   Janssens, Olivier ^c   Peeters, Dominique ^a   Plastria, Frank ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

^c Athos Palace   (Brazil)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Fire stations; GIS; Location allocation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84858399592     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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