Evacuation modelling for wildland-urban interface fires in touristic areas
Ronchi, Enrico LU
(2023)
- Abstract
- This technical note presents a brief overview of the models available for the simulation of fire evacuation at the wildland-urban interface in touristic areas. Depending on the scale of the scenarios under consideration and the evacuation mode considered, models are split into macroscopic vs microscopic tools and 1) pedestrian models, 2) traffic models, 3) coupled evacuation models, 4) modelling unconventional evacuation modes. The key findings of this review are: 1) When pedestrian movement is the main mode of evacuation transport, the scale of the analysis will have a strong impact on the choice of the most appropriate modelling approach although at building scale and not very large area size, the use of microscopic modelling based on a... (More)
- This technical note presents a brief overview of the models available for the simulation of fire evacuation at the wildland-urban interface in touristic areas. Depending on the scale of the scenarios under consideration and the evacuation mode considered, models are split into macroscopic vs microscopic tools and 1) pedestrian models, 2) traffic models, 3) coupled evacuation models, 4) modelling unconventional evacuation modes. The key findings of this review are: 1) When pedestrian movement is the main mode of evacuation transport, the scale of the analysis will have a strong impact on the choice of the most appropriate modelling approach although at building scale and not very large area size, the use of microscopic modelling based on a continuous approach seems to be a suitable method. 2) When multiple modes of transport are considered (e.g., pedestrian and traffic), the modeller should make a call into modelling explicitly or implicitly the pedestrian response and movement layer, 3) most evacuation models are currently not able to model explicitly unconventional means of evacuations such as displacement via sea or air. The scenario complexity and the uncertainty in the available input will affect the choice of modellers to represent evacuation modelling layers (e.g., pedestrian response, pedestrian movement, and traffic movement) and their interaction with the wildfire explicitly or implicitly. (Less)
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- Ronchi, Enrico
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- 2023-08-15
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- keywords
- wildfires, fire safety, evacuation simulation, tourism, wildland-urban interface
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- 27 pages
- publisher
- Lund University, Department of Fire Safety Engineering
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- English
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abstract = {{This technical note presents a brief overview of the models available for the simulation of fire evacuation at the wildland-urban interface in touristic areas. Depending on the scale of the scenarios under consideration and the evacuation mode considered, models are split into macroscopic vs microscopic tools and 1) pedestrian models, 2) traffic models, 3) coupled evacuation models, 4) modelling unconventional evacuation modes. The key findings of this review are: 1) When pedestrian movement is the main mode of evacuation transport, the scale of the analysis will have a strong impact on the choice of the most appropriate modelling approach although at building scale and not very large area size, the use of microscopic modelling based on a continuous approach seems to be a suitable method. 2) When multiple modes of transport are considered (e.g., pedestrian and traffic), the modeller should make a call into modelling explicitly or implicitly the pedestrian response and movement layer, 3) most evacuation models are currently not able to model explicitly unconventional means of evacuations such as displacement via sea or air. The scenario complexity and the uncertainty in the available input will affect the choice of modellers to represent evacuation modelling layers (e.g., pedestrian response, pedestrian movement, and traffic movement) and their interaction with the wildfire explicitly or implicitly.}},
author = {{Ronchi, Enrico}},
institution = {{Lund University, Department of Fire Safety Engineering}},
keywords = {{wildfires; fire safety; evacuation simulation; tourism; wildland-urban interface}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{08}},
title = {{Evacuation modelling for wildland-urban interface fires in touristic areas}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/154898768/TN5.1_Evacuation_modelling_for_WUI_fires.pdf}},
year = {{2023}},
}