Pedestrian flow-path modeling to support tsunami evacuation and disaster relief planning in the U.S. Pacific Northwest

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 41-55

  Wood, Nathan ^a   Jones, Jeanne ^a   Schmidtlein, Mathew ^b   Schelling, John ^c   Frazier, Tim ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Emergency Management Division   (United States)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly areas; Cascadia; Evacuation; Relief; Response; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974831005     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.05.010     Document Type: Article

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