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Safety in Numbers? Modelling Crowds and Designing Control for the Notting Hill Carnival
Events such as carnivals, parades, rock concerts, football matches, some types of shopping—indeed, any situation involving rapid exit or entrance from or to high-capacity buildings and vehicles—pose significant problems of public safety. Models designed to predict crowding at such events are in their infancy and the best so far simulate panic situations and evacuation possibilities within build...
متن کاملThe Sounding of the Notting Hill Carnival: Music as Space, Place and Territory
Notting Hill Carnival is undeniably a spectacular event with the flamboyant costumes of dancing mas bands, the splashes of colourful body paint, mud or chocolate staining the bodies of its J’Ouvert opening parade’s revelers. But Carnival also has an explosive auditory impact due to its cacophony of sounds, in which soca, steel bands, calypso and static sound-systems mix and mingle in a multi-me...
متن کاملReview of 'Mentored by a Madman:the William Burroughs Experiment' by A.J. Lees, published by Notting Hill Editions, 2016.
Which self-respecting neurologist and scientist would write a book citing William Burroughs, a notorious drug-addict with frequently expressed antimedical opinions, as a source of inspiration for an entire career? Who would admit to self-experimentation with untested pharmacological agents and Amazonian hallucinogenics? ‘Mentored by a Madman’ by Andrew John Lees, one of the most respected voice...
متن کاملCarnival: a Short History of Carnival Customs and Their Social Function
Essential information on the origins and history of Carnival is provided, together with some remarks about the changes in Carnival practice, which were caused by political changes in Croatia. The author explains the Carnival terminology, discusses the place of Carnival in the Christian calendar, and writes about ancestral masks and the legacy of the Late Antiquity in Carnival customs. He points...
متن کاملOn-Scene Emergency Department at Aalborg carnival
Background Every year in May, the biggest carnival in Scandinavia takes place in Aalborg. 100.000 people are gathered in the streets to celebrate, and of these more than 25.000 enters the carnival compound. During the day, the streets of central Aalborg are effectively closed due to the massive number of people. Historically, Danish Red Cross volunteers have set up first aid stations and treatm...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1989
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.6.2.146