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Presents new approaches to evacuation dynamics that draw on both quantitative and qualitative data by using real world case studies and modeling
Addresses questions of complexity, examining the increasing challenges for cities and emergency responders
Examines factors such as private / public partnerships, social media, new methods of technological intervention and diverse media
Aiming at readers involved in evacuation research, emergency planning or interfaces between the physical and social sciences
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Evacuating a city is a complex problem that involves issues of governance, preparedness education, warning, information sharing, population dynamics, resilience and recovery. As natural and anthropogenic threats to cities grow, it is an increasingly pressing problem for policy makers and practitioners.
The book is the result of a unique interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers in the physical and social sciences to consider how an interdisciplinary approach can help plan for large scale evacuations. It draws on perspectives from physics, mathematics, organisation theory, economics, sociology and education. Importantly it goes beyond disciplinary boundaries and considers how interdisciplinary methods are necessary to approach a complex problem involving human actors and increasingly complex communications and transportation infrastructures.
Using real world case studies and modelling the book considers new approaches to evacuation dynamics. It addresses questions of complexity, not only in terms of theory, but examining the latest challenges for cities and emergency responders. Factors such as social media, information quality and visualisation techniques are examined to consider the ‘new’ dynamics of warning and informing, evacuation and recovery.
Editors and Affiliations
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Cass School of Education, University of East London, London, United Kingdom
John Preston
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Sheffield Management School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Jane M Binner
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Marketing & Strategic Management Group, University of Warwick, Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom
Layla Branicki
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School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Tobias Galla, Michalis Smyrnakis
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Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Nick Jones, James King
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Department of Educational Foundations & Policy Studies, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Magdalini Kolokitha
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: City Evacuations: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Editors: John Preston, Jane M Binner, Layla Branicki, Tobias Galla, Nick Jones, James King, Magdalini Kolokitha, … Michalis Smyrnakis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43877-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-43876-3Published: 18 August 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51236-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-43877-0Published: 01 August 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 128
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Complexity, Sociology, general