Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Wuhan has adopted three methods of admitting patients for
treatment: designated hospitals, newly built temporary hospitals and Fangcang shelter …

Rapid urban growth and the devastating impacts of disasters and emergencies have
challenged infrastructure and social systems in many communities. Recently, the nascent …

Climate shelters are critical urban infrastructures to support adaptation to extreme weather.
They offer spaces–eg, parks, libraries, and civic centers–where residents can take refuge …

This paper presents a hybrid algorithm for efficiently managing location and relocation
projects by proposing a hybrid multi-objective decision model based on analytic hierarchy …

The present study focuses on the analysis of complex interrelationships between
determinants of shelter site selection for an effective disaster planning using Decision …

Shape-stabilized phase change materials (ss-PCM) were prepared by impregnating capric
acid (CA) and palmitic acid (PA) eutectic mixtures into the pores of Expanded Perlite (EP) …

Typhoon Rai (202122) was one of the most devastating natural disasters globally, and the
Philippines is the country that was heavily hit by this super typhoon. This study examined the …

One of the necessary measures to mitigate and manage the social impacts of seismic events
is evacuation and emergency shelter planning. Such plans should be developed before …

Geoinformation and aerial data collection are essential during post-earthquake emergency
response. This research focuses on the long-lasting spatial impacts of temporary solutions …

This article introduces a framework for the multi-criteria satisfaction assessment of the spatial
distribution of urban emergency shelters. A GIS-based analytic hierarchy process approach …