Obtaining the Emergency Transportation Network for Rescue and Relief Activities in Large Cities Based on the Life Loss Mitigation Criteria

In this paper a method is proposed for obtaining the "emergency paths" for the use of rescue and relief teams, to be kept available by the help of police forces in the aftermath of a great earthquake in a large city. The proposed method is based on two "life loss mitigation criteria", which are minimization of travel time between rescue and relief centers and help-needing population, and maximization of rescue and relief forces service capability to all help-needing population. The main elements considered in the process of emergency paths selection include the highly populated areas, and vulnerable and hazardous areas on the one hand, and rescue and relief centers on the other. The proposed path selection process is performed by using some developed computer programs in the GIS environment based on various information layers, in which all factors affecting the functionality of the transportation network are included. The proposed process, which is basically useful for the short-term period after the earthquake, can be also used for the long-term economic restoration time after the earthquake.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/40687(2003)25
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Mohaymany, Afshin Shariat
  • Hosseini, Mahmood
  • Habibi, Hossein Motevalli
• Conference:
  • Sixth U.S. Conference and Workshop on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE) 2003
  • Location: Long Beach California, United States
  • Date: 2003-8-10 to 2003-8-13
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 231-240
• Monograph Title: Advancing Mitigation Technologies and Disaster Response for Lifeline Systems

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cities; Disaster relief; Earthquakes; Emergency management; Hazard mitigation; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01893578
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784406878
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Sep 19 2023 9:27AM