A model of choice in earthquake evacuation

Author

Tai, Cheng-An ; Lee, Yung-Lung ; Lin, Ching-Yuan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Archit., NTUST, Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

2011

fDate

18-20 Jan. 2011

Firstpage

228

Lastpage

233

Abstract

Earthquakes are a hazard in Taiwan and elsewhere. In 1946, for example, a Richter scale 6.1 earthquake caused 556 causalities and damaged more than 4,000 buildings in Sin-hua, Tainan County, Taiwan. This study investigates aspects of resident preferences with respect to earthquake shelters. A questionnaire survey was designed to reflect the viewpoints of respondents in the context of earthquakes, including: (1) factors affecting evacuation behavior, (2) historical street district damage prevention, (3) analysis of evacuation choices. A logistic model for evacuation behavior in major earthquakes is presented, and its significant variables discussed in the context of future urban disaster planning.

Keywords

behavioural sciences; earthquakes; emergency services; town and country planning; Sin-hua; Tainan County; Taiwan; earthquake evacuation; earthquake shelters; evacuation behavior; evacuation choice analysis; historical street district damage prevention; logistic model; urban disaster planning; Educational institutions; Green products; Logistics; Roads; Vehicles; Evacuation Behavior; Logistic Regression Model; Shelter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Computer Control (ICACC), 2011 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8809-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8810-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACC.2011.6016403

Filename

6016403