Nuclear Emergency Evacuation Road Planning Method with Limited Evacuation Time

Ridesharing for Emergency Evacuation

In this paper, we consider the evacuation problem that consists of grouping and routing evacuees to safe zones. Grouping evacuees reduces congestion on roads, addresses fuel shortage, and supports individuals with limited access to transportation means. We propose a mixed integer programming model where individuals with vehicles are instructed to pick up others along their route in order to eva...

Optimization and Planning of Emergency Evacuation Routes Considering Traffic Control

Emergencies, especially major ones, happen fast, randomly, as well as unpredictably, and generally will bring great harm to people's life and the economy. Therefore, governments and lots of professionals devote themselves to taking effective measures and providing optimal evacuation plans. This paper establishes two different emergency evacuation models on the basis of the maximum flow model (M...

A Kinematic Wave Model for Emergency Evacuation Planning

Planning for Emergency Evacuation: Are Large Canadian Cities Ready?

This paper addresses the essential elements and strategies that should be in place for large-scale evacuations under emergency situations, particularly in densely used networks such as in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver and Montreal to name a few. Some questions that possess some indispensable information to achieve that goal are proposed. A novel framework that addresses these questions is proposed...

Use of Data Mining in Emergency Evacuation Planning

Evacuating large numbers of people during a natural disaster or terrorist attack is a vital challenge for emergency management professionals. This is even a continuous pressure on the management in the hurricane zones. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita vividly illustrated this problem. Miles-long traffic jams on the highways during any evacuation in Louisiana and Texas expose the limitations of the r...