Method to determine the locations of tsunami vertical evacuation shelters

Natural Hazards

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 891-908

  Park, Sangki ^a   van de Lindt, John W ^a   Gupta, Rakesh ^b   Cox, Daniel ^c  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 1148 Kelley Engineering Center Corvallis   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia Subduction Zone; Evacuation shelters; Fragility; Genetic algorithms; Natural hazard mitigation; Optimization; Tsunami; Vertical evacuation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NATURAL HAZARD; OPTIMIZATION; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; URBAN POPULATION;

CANNON BEACH; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864404660     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0196-3     Document Type: Article

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