This study presents a comprehensive review of network-based large scale emergency
evacuation planning and management literature. Evacuation planning and management …

Shelter opening and evacuation of vulnerable populations are operations crucial to disaster
response, which is one of the four phases of Disaster Operations Management (DOM) …

Traffic management during an evacuation and the decision of where to locate the shelters
are of critical importance to the performance of an evacuation plan. From the evacuation …

This paper develops a scenario-based bilevel programming model to optimize the selection
of shelter locations with explicit consideration of a range of possible hurricane events and …

Taxi is certainly the most popular type of on‐demand transportation service in urban areas
because taxi‐dispatching systems offer more and better services in terms of shorter wait …

Shelters are safe facilities that protect a population from possible damaging effects of a
disaster. For that reason, shelter location and traffic assignment decisions should be …

Emergency response activity relies on transportation networks. Emergency facility location
interacts with transportation networks clearly. This review is aimed to provide a combined …

In recent years, extreme natural hazards threaten cities more than ever due to contemporary
society's high vulnerability in cities. Hence, local governments need to implement risk …

Hurricanes result in large scale evacuations almost every year. Of particular concern and
difficulty is the decision of whether or not to evacuate hospitals in these emergencies. During …

This research discusses the role of neighbourhoods' design in reducing their energy
vulnerability during power disruptions. Neighbourhoods' design includes building types and …