Clustering Approach for Defining Hurricane Evacuation Zones

AbstractIn the aftermath of recent hurricanes, many people either died or were stranded in the affected areas due to lack of time for evacuation caused by traffic congestion on evacuation routes. The main sources of traffic congestion are the unnecessary evacuation of the areas located outside evacu...

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Published in:Journal of urban planning and development 2016-12, Vol.142 (4)
Main Authors: Lim, Gino J, Zangeneh, Shabnam, Kim, Seon Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cluster analysis
Clustering
Dangerous
Dynamic programming
Evacuation routing
Hurricanes
Technical Papers
Traffic congestion
Urban planning
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Summary:AbstractIn the aftermath of recent hurricanes, many people either died or were stranded in the affected areas due to lack of time for evacuation caused by traffic congestion on evacuation routes. The main sources of traffic congestion are the unnecessary evacuation of the areas located outside evacuation zones as well as early evacuation of the less dangerous areas. In this paper, a set of evacuation zones is defined to prioritize the evacuation based on the danger level in the impact areas during a hurricane landfall. A clustering analysis approach is used to formulate this problem and is solved using dynamic programming. The proposed approach is examined on a case study in Harrison County, Mississippi, to prove its applicability.
ISSN:0733-9488
1943-5444
DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000323