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Analysis of the Characteristics of Evacuation Information Acquirers from Online Media based on Typhoon Victim Data

Saito, Nagayuki; Fukushima, Nao; Jifuku, Etsuko; … - 2020

analysis of evacuees' attributes demonstrate that acquiring evacuation information from online media is an information …

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Crowd Disasters as Systemic Failures: Analysis of the Love Parade Disaster

Helbing, Dirk; Mukerji, Pratik - Department of Management, Technology and Economics …

Each year, crowd disasters happen in different areas of the world. How and why do such disasters happen? Are the fatalities caused by relentless behavior of people or a psychological state of panic that makes the crowd 'go mad'? Or are they a tragic consequence of a breakdown of coordination?...

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Local Tsunami Warning in the Pacific Coastal United States

Darienzo, Mark; Aya, Al; Crawford, George; Gibbs, David; … - In: Natural Hazards 35 (2005) 1, pp. 111-119

Coastal areas are warned of a tsunami by natural phenomena and man-made warning systems. Earthquake shaking and/or unusual water conditions, such as rapid changes in water level, are natural phenomena that warn coastal areas of a local tsunami that will arrive in minutes. Unusual water...

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Agent-Based Modeling and Analysis of Hurricane Evacuation Procedures for the Florida Keys

Chen, Xuwei; Meaker, John; Zhan, F. - In: Natural Hazards 38 (2006) 3, pp. 321-338

the effects of a hurricane strike. Inadequate hurricane shelters in the Keys make evacuation the only option for most … orderly exodus can occur without stranding large numbers of people along an evacuation route with inadequate shelter capacity … participating in an evacuation of the Florida Keys in advance of a major hurricane for 92,596 people – a population size calculated …

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Measuring Tsunami Preparedness in Coastal Washington, United States

Johnston, D.; Paton, D.; Crawford, G.; Ronan, K.; … - In: Natural Hazards 35 (2005) 1, pp. 173-184

A survey of over 300 residents’ and visitors’ (non-residents) perceptions of tsunami hazards was carried out along the west coast of Washington State during August and September 2001. The study quantified respondents’ preparedness to deal with tsunami hazards. Despite success in...

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Progress in NTHMP Hazard Assessment

González, Frank; Titov, Vasily; Mofjeld, Harold; … - In: Natural Hazards 35 (2005) 1, pp. 89-110

-three evacuation maps have also been completed. Important improvements in organizational structure have been made with the addition of …

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Computer-based Model for Flood Evacuation Emergency Planning

Simonovic, Slobodan; Ahmad, Sajjad - In: Natural Hazards 34 (2005) 1, pp. 25-51

A computerized simulation model for capturing human behavior during flood emergency evacuation is developed using a … system dynamics approach. It simulates the acceptance of evacuation orders by the residents of the area under threat; number … of families in the process of evacuation; and time required for all evacuees to reach safety. The model is conceptualized …

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Study on a Simplified Method of Tsunami Risk Assessment

Sato, Hiroaki; Murakami, Hitoshi; Kozuki, Yasunori; … - In: Natural Hazards 29 (2003) 3, pp. 325-340

reconnaissance suchas the seawall height, time necessary for residents' evacuation and tsunami warninginsurance. Then, two normalized … betweentsunami over-topping and evacuation completion to total time required for evacuation.These two values are used to …

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Bangladesh; Use of Fund Resources: Request for Emergency Assistance: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bangladesh

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

The fiscal impact of these policies will be significant, but donor support, improved revenue, and budget reallocations will contain domestic financing. The authorities have introduced several policies in response to the disasters. IMF staff supports the authoritiesâ€™ request for a purchase...

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Communicating hurricane evacuation to tourists : gender, past experience with hurricanes, and place of residence

Cahyanto, Ignatius; Pennington-Gray, Lori - In: Journal of travel research : a quarterly publication of … 54 (2015) 3, pp. 329-343

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