Locating temporary shelter areas after an earthquake: A case for Turkey

•In this research, the shelter area selection problem is addressed.•To address the problem, a mixed integer linear program is formulated.•To validate the model, a sensitivity analysis is performed.•The proposed methodology is compared with the current methodology. In this study, we propose a mixed i...

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Published in:European journal of operational research 2015-05, Vol.243 (1), p.323-332
Main Authors: Kılcı, Fırat, Kara, Bahar Yetiş, Bozkaya, Burçin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decision making models
Disaster planning
Earthquakes
Humanitarian logistics
Integer programming
Linear programming
Location
Location analysis
Mathematical models
Mixed integer
Operational research
Positioning
Practice of OR
Seismic phenomena
Sensitivity analysis
Shelter site selection
Shelters
Studies
Utilization
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Summary:•In this research, the shelter area selection problem is addressed.•To address the problem, a mixed integer linear program is formulated.•To validate the model, a sensitivity analysis is performed.•The proposed methodology is compared with the current methodology. In this study, we propose a mixed integer linear programming based methodology for selecting the location of temporary shelter sites. The mathematical model maximizes the minimum weight of open shelter areas while deciding on the location of shelter areas, the assigned population points to each open shelter area and controls the utilization of open shelter areas. We validate the mathematical model by generating a base case scenario using real data for Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey. Also, we perform a sensitivity analysis on the parameters of the mentioned mathematical model and discuss our findings. Lastly, we perform a case study using the data from the 2011 Van earthquake.
ISSN:0377-2217
1872-6860
DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2014.11.035