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Article

Emergency Evacuation Simulation and Management Optimization in Urban Residential Communities

by
Hao Chu
1,
Jia Yu
1,*,
Jiahong Wen
1,
Min Yi
2 and
Yun Chen
3
1
School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
2
Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center, Shanghai 200233, China
3
CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra 2601, Australia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2019, 11(3), 795; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030795
Submission received: 15 December 2018 / Revised: 24 January 2019 / Accepted: 30 January 2019 / Published: 2 February 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Urban and Regional Management)
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Abstract

Timely and secure evacuation of residents in communities is of great importance during unexpected disasters or emergency events. This study proposes a framework of evacuation simulation for optimizing emergency management in urban residential communities. Compared to traditional methods, the advantage of our framework lies in three aspects: (1) The method highlights easy-crowded areas in both indoor and outdoor evacuations. (2) Family behaviors are considered and implemented in evacuations. (3) Detailed measures on management optimization are spatially mapped based on a multi-level analysis and the comparison of evacuation simulation results in different scenarios. A case study in Changhongfang residential community, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China, was conducted to demonstrate the method feasibility. Simulation results have exposed potential evacuation problems in the community. A series of detailed recommended measures have been generated. These measures can help to create better emergency management for the community.
Keywords: emergency evacuation; residential communities; emergency management optimization; GIS emergency evacuation; residential communities; emergency management optimization; GIS

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Chu, H.; Yu, J.; Wen, J.; Yi, M.; Chen, Y. Emergency Evacuation Simulation and Management Optimization in Urban Residential Communities. Sustainability 2019, 11, 795. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030795

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Chu H, Yu J, Wen J, Yi M, Chen Y. Emergency Evacuation Simulation and Management Optimization in Urban Residential Communities. Sustainability. 2019; 11(3):795. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030795

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Chu, Hao, Jia Yu, Jiahong Wen, Min Yi, and Yun Chen. 2019. "Emergency Evacuation Simulation and Management Optimization in Urban Residential Communities" Sustainability 11, no. 3: 795. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030795

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Chu, H., Yu, J., Wen, J., Yi, M., & Chen, Y. (2019). Emergency Evacuation Simulation and Management Optimization in Urban Residential Communities. Sustainability, 11(3), 795. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030795

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