Fathianpour, A; Babaeian Jelodar, M; Wilkinson, S and Evans, B (2023) Resilient evacuation infrastructure; an assessment of resilience toward natural hazards. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 14(4), pp. 536-552. ISSN 1759-5916
Abstract
Purpose: As evacuation is one of the most used response actions to such disasters, it is essential to understand correctly what a resilient evacuation would mean. One critical factor in evacuation resilience is the resilience level of evacuation infrastructures. Also, UN sustainable development has a goal to build resilient infrastructures. This study aims to investigate the characteristics of resilient evacuation infrastructures. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic methodology for reviewing articles has been implemented to understand how vulnerable cities can be more prepared, especially for pedestrian evacuation. Findings: This study has developed an evacuation scoring system framework for pedestrians to investigate evacuation infrastructure in terms of different resilience features, such as redundancy, safe-to-fail, readiness and capacity. The most practical evacuation system will be estimated. The output of this study can provide insight into a final output to provide the features of a successful pedestrian evacuation system for future policy drafting for infrastructure strategy decision-makers. Practical implications: Climate change has made the risks of natural hazards such as tsunamis more intense for humans. Many people in the world live in hazardous environments and are susceptible to disasters. A community must be prepared to mitigate the destructive event and quickly respond to be called resilient. Originality/value: This is an original work. The researcher has gone through a deep literature review and developed a cluster showing the features a resilient evacuation infrastructure should have.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | evacuation infrastructure; features of resilience; infrastructure resilience; natural hazards; pedestrian evacuation; resilience; resilient assessment |
| Index terms: | critical factor, drafting, tsunami, infrastructure resilience, sustainable development, strategy, literature review, redundancy, natural hazard, methodology, pedestrian, climate change |
| Subjects: | climate science, risk management, risk assessment, data analysis and analytics, technical documentation, health safety and environment, research methods, management, environmental hazards, sociology |
| Topics: | Human Resources, Design Practice, Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Business Strategy, Sustainability, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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