Mass evacuation - human behavior and crowd dynamics - What do we know?
(2015) In LUTVDG/TVBB VBRM01 20142Division of Fire Safety Engineering
- Abstract
- The field of mass evacuation has existed for a long time. Already during the Roman Empire era evacuation problematic was considered. In modern times the field has gained more attention during the last couple of decades, especially for sports grounds and stadiums. Through analysis of some well-known historical crowd disasters and through a literature survey the aim has been to compile the most important findings. The aim has also been to analyze problem areas, knowledge and development opportunities. Regarding the problems of mass evacuation, preventive measures like design and contingency plan is of high importance. In addition there is a need for good communication and to take proper actions when an accident occurs. Some phenomenon that... (More)
- The field of mass evacuation has existed for a long time. Already during the Roman Empire era evacuation problematic was considered. In modern times the field has gained more attention during the last couple of decades, especially for sports grounds and stadiums. Through analysis of some well-known historical crowd disasters and through a literature survey the aim has been to compile the most important findings. The aim has also been to analyze problem areas, knowledge and development opportunities. Regarding the problems of mass evacuation, preventive measures like design and contingency plan is of high importance. In addition there is a need for good communication and to take proper actions when an accident occurs. Some phenomenon that may arise during crowded situations have been found. These phenomenon are an indication that a catastrophic situation might emerge. With knowledge and understanding of those the expectation is, with the help of live video recordings and simulation softwares, to get a warning about the elevated risk for the crowd. (Less)
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- author
- Friberg, Markus LU and Hjelm, Michael LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- VBRM01 20142
- year
- 2015
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Turbulence, stop-and-go waves, bottleneck, crowd crush, crowd disaster, sports ground, stadium, mass evacuation, human behavior, fire, guidelines, communication, simulation programs, pedestrian dynamics, Bradford City fire, Ibrox disaster, Hillsborough disaster, the Love Parade disaster
- publication/series
- LUTVDG/TVBB
- report number
- 5472
- language
- English
- id
- 7766859
- date added to LUP
- 2015-08-25 09:38:05
- date last changed
- 2015-08-25 09:38:05
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abstract = {{The field of mass evacuation has existed for a long time. Already during the Roman Empire era evacuation problematic was considered. In modern times the field has gained more attention during the last couple of decades, especially for sports grounds and stadiums. Through analysis of some well-known historical crowd disasters and through a literature survey the aim has been to compile the most important findings. The aim has also been to analyze problem areas, knowledge and development opportunities. Regarding the problems of mass evacuation, preventive measures like design and contingency plan is of high importance. In addition there is a need for good communication and to take proper actions when an accident occurs. Some phenomenon that may arise during crowded situations have been found. These phenomenon are an indication that a catastrophic situation might emerge. With knowledge and understanding of those the expectation is, with the help of live video recordings and simulation softwares, to get a warning about the elevated risk for the crowd.}},
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language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
series = {{LUTVDG/TVBB}},
title = {{Mass evacuation - human behavior and crowd dynamics - What do we know?}},
year = {{2015}},
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