Author: Donald E. Newsom
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
At present the usefulness of this capability is limited by assumptions which are built into the model. Some user effort is required to correct these assumptions; but, the model facilitates some corrections by enabling the user to perform them graphically. The paper discusses the potential usefulness of this system to evacuation planners, problems that the user must address, and areas where improvement and additional research are needed.
Regional Evacuation Planning Using Computer Simulation: Promise and Pitfalls
Author: Donald E. Newsom
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
At present the usefulness of this capability is limited by assumptions which are built into the model. Some user effort is required to correct these assumptions; but, the model facilitates some corrections by enabling the user to perform them graphically. The paper discusses the potential usefulness of this system to evacuation planners, problems that the user must address, and areas where improvement and additional research are needed.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
At present the usefulness of this capability is limited by assumptions which are built into the model. Some user effort is required to correct these assumptions; but, the model facilitates some corrections by enabling the user to perform them graphically. The paper discusses the potential usefulness of this system to evacuation planners, problems that the user must address, and areas where improvement and additional research are needed.
Energy Research Abstracts
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 800
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 800
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Simulation in Emergency Management and Engineering and Simulation in Health Care
Author: James D. Sullivan
Publisher: Society for Computer Simulation International
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Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher: Society for Computer Simulation International
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Government Reports Announcements & Index
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Government reports annual index
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1646
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Languages : en
Pages : 1646
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A Transportation Guide for All-hazards Emergency Evacuation
Author: Deborah Matherly
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309259010
Category : Emergency management
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 740: A Transportation Guide for All-Hazards Emergency Evacuation focuses on the transportation aspects of evacuation, particularly large-scale, multijurisdictional evacuation. The guidance, strategies, and tools in NCHRP Report 740 are based on an all-hazards approach that has applicability to a wide range of "notice" and "no-notice" emergency events. The report follows the basic planning steps of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101. Each chapter parallels one of the six main CPG steps. Each chapter is further subdivided into smaller, discrete tasks, with cross-references to tools--such as templates or checklists--that are shown at the end of each chapter and are on a CD-ROM included with the print version of the report."--Publisher's description.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309259010
Category : Emergency management
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 740: A Transportation Guide for All-Hazards Emergency Evacuation focuses on the transportation aspects of evacuation, particularly large-scale, multijurisdictional evacuation. The guidance, strategies, and tools in NCHRP Report 740 are based on an all-hazards approach that has applicability to a wide range of "notice" and "no-notice" emergency events. The report follows the basic planning steps of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101. Each chapter parallels one of the six main CPG steps. Each chapter is further subdivided into smaller, discrete tasks, with cross-references to tools--such as templates or checklists--that are shown at the end of each chapter and are on a CD-ROM included with the print version of the report."--Publisher's description.
Smarter as the New Urban Agenda
Author: J. Ramon Gil-Garcia
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331917620X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This book will provide one of the first comprehensive approaches to the study of smart city governments with theories and concepts for understanding and researching 21st century city governments innovative methodologies for the analysis and evaluation of smart city initiatives. The term “smart city” is now generally used to represent efforts that in different ways describe a comprehensive vision of a city for the present and future. A smarter city infuses information into its physical infrastructure to improve conveniences, facilitate mobility, add efficiencies, conserve energy, improve the quality of air and water, identify problems and fix them quickly, recover rapidly from disasters, collect data to make better decisions, deploy resources effectively and share data to enable collaboration across entities and domains. These and other similar efforts are expected to make cities more intelligent in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, transparency, and sustainability, among other important aspects. Given this changing social, institutional and technology environment, it seems feasible and likeable to attain smarter cities and by extension, smarter governments: virtually integrated, networked, interconnected, responsive, and efficient. This book will help build the bridge between sound research and practice expertise in the area of smarter cities and will be of interest to researchers and students in the e-government, public administration, political science, communication, information science, administrative sciences and management, sociology, computer science, and information technology. As well as government officials and public managers who will find practical recommendations based on rigorous studies that will contain insights and guidance for the development, management, and evaluation of complex smart cities and smart government initiatives.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331917620X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This book will provide one of the first comprehensive approaches to the study of smart city governments with theories and concepts for understanding and researching 21st century city governments innovative methodologies for the analysis and evaluation of smart city initiatives. The term “smart city” is now generally used to represent efforts that in different ways describe a comprehensive vision of a city for the present and future. A smarter city infuses information into its physical infrastructure to improve conveniences, facilitate mobility, add efficiencies, conserve energy, improve the quality of air and water, identify problems and fix them quickly, recover rapidly from disasters, collect data to make better decisions, deploy resources effectively and share data to enable collaboration across entities and domains. These and other similar efforts are expected to make cities more intelligent in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, transparency, and sustainability, among other important aspects. Given this changing social, institutional and technology environment, it seems feasible and likeable to attain smarter cities and by extension, smarter governments: virtually integrated, networked, interconnected, responsive, and efficient. This book will help build the bridge between sound research and practice expertise in the area of smarter cities and will be of interest to researchers and students in the e-government, public administration, political science, communication, information science, administrative sciences and management, sociology, computer science, and information technology. As well as government officials and public managers who will find practical recommendations based on rigorous studies that will contain insights and guidance for the development, management, and evaluation of complex smart cities and smart government initiatives.
Large-Scale Evacuation
Author: Michael K. Lindell
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351645323
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Large-Scale Evacuation introduces the reader to the steps involved in evacuation modelling for towns and cities, from understanding the hazards that can require large-scale evacuations, through understanding how local officials decide to issue evacuation advisories and households decide whether to comply, to transportation simulation and traffic management strategies. The author team has been recognized internationally for their research and consulting experience in the field of evacuations. Collectively, they have 125 years of experience in evacuation, including more than 140 projects for federal and state agencies. The text explains how to model evacuations that use the road transportation network by combining perspectives from social scientists and transportation engineers, fields that have commonly approached evacuation modelling from distinctly different perspectives. In doing so, it offers a step-by-step guide through the key questions needed to model an evacuation and its impacts to the evacuation route system as well as evacuation management strategies for influencing demand and expanding capacity. The authors also demonstrate how to simulate the resulting traffic and evacuation management strategies that can be used to facilitate evacuee movement and reduce unnecessary demand. Case studies, which identify key points to analyze in an evacuation plan, discuss evacuation termination and re-entry, and highlight challenges that someone developing an evacuation plan or model should expect, are also included. This textbook will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, and advanced students.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351645323
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Large-Scale Evacuation introduces the reader to the steps involved in evacuation modelling for towns and cities, from understanding the hazards that can require large-scale evacuations, through understanding how local officials decide to issue evacuation advisories and households decide whether to comply, to transportation simulation and traffic management strategies. The author team has been recognized internationally for their research and consulting experience in the field of evacuations. Collectively, they have 125 years of experience in evacuation, including more than 140 projects for federal and state agencies. The text explains how to model evacuations that use the road transportation network by combining perspectives from social scientists and transportation engineers, fields that have commonly approached evacuation modelling from distinctly different perspectives. In doing so, it offers a step-by-step guide through the key questions needed to model an evacuation and its impacts to the evacuation route system as well as evacuation management strategies for influencing demand and expanding capacity. The authors also demonstrate how to simulate the resulting traffic and evacuation management strategies that can be used to facilitate evacuee movement and reduce unnecessary demand. Case studies, which identify key points to analyze in an evacuation plan, discuss evacuation termination and re-entry, and highlight challenges that someone developing an evacuation plan or model should expect, are also included. This textbook will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, and advanced students.
Preparing for Hurricanes and Coastal Flooding
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Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
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Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
A Failure of Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
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Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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