Role of transit in carless evacuation planning

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 191-199

  Cavusoglu, Ozge ^a   Sisiopiku, Virginia P ^b   Juri, Natalia Ruiz ^c  

^a Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carless population; Emergency management; Evacuation; Flooding; Simulation; Transit

Indexed keywords

CARLESS POPULATION; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EVACUATION; SIMULATION; TRANSIT;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; OIL WELL FLOODING; OPTIMIZATION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FLOODS;

FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LOGISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING PRACTICE;

ALABAMA; BIRMINGHAM [ALABAMA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880349243     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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