Large-Scale Evacuation introduces the reader to the steps involved in evacuation modelling
for towns and cities, from understanding the hazards that can require large-scale …

This paper presents a review of highway-based evacuation modeling and simulation and its
evolution over the past decade. The review includes the major components of roadway …

Regional evacuation modeling is treated as a five step process: involving vehicle trip
generation, trip departure time, trip destination, and trip route selection modeling …

This research assesses issues and criticisms of evacuation planning for all hazards under
an integrated emergency management concept and reviews research that addresses those …

In urban areas, the occurrence of disasters can cause extensive damage to human society.
For this reason, evacuation, regarded as a critical course of action to relocate people and …

Interest in neighborhood evacuation was piqued by the evacuation disaster associated with
the Oakland Hills fire of 1991. During that disaster, 25 people were killed. Many counties …

Planning for emergency evacuation has evolved and matured substantially during the last
two decades. The significant rise in natural and man-made disasters in recent years created …

In the conventional evacuation planning process, evacuees are assigned to fixed
destinations mainly on the basis of geographical proximity. However, the use of such …

Without successful large-scale regional evacuations, threats such as hurricanes and wild-
fires can cause a large loss of life. In this context, automobiles are oftentimes an essential …

This paper describes NETVACl, a model for simulating the traffic pattern during an
emergency evacuation. The development of the model has been motivated by the need to …