Evacuating a city is a complex problem that involves issues of
governance, preparedness education, warning, information sharing,
population dynamics, resilience and recovery. As natural and
anthropogenic threats to cities grow, it is an increasingly
pressing problem for policy makers and practitioners.
The book is the result of a unique interdisciplinary
collaboration between researchers in the physical and social
sciences to consider how an interdisciplinary approach can help
plan for large scale evacuations.It draws on perspectives from
physics, mathematics, organisation theory, economics, sociology and
education.Importantly it goes beyond disciplinary boundaries and
considers how interdisciplinary methods are necessary to approach a
complex problem involving human actors and increasingly complex
communications and transportation infrastructures.
Using real world case studies and modelling the book considers
new approaches to evacuation dynamics. It addresses questions of
complexity, not only in terms of theory, but examining the latest
challenges for cities and emergency responders.Factors such as
social media, information quality and visualisation techniques are
examined to consider the new dynamics of warning and informing,
evacuation and recovery."
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