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Use of behavioral theories for the interpretation of human behavior in the Costa Concordia disaster

Kvamme, Victor LU (2017) In LUTVDG/TVBB VBRM01 20161
Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Abstract
The Costa Concordia disaster represents one of the most dramatic ship evacuations of recent years. This thesis constitutes a case study of the Costa Concordia disaster, in an attempt to identify behaviors among the evacuees that may have contributed in reducing the effectiveness of the evacuation procedures. Publicly available material – such as reports from the media, survivor accounts and scientific investigations – was critically analyzed, and current behavioral models were used to interpret the behaviors identified.
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author
Kvamme, Victor LU
supervisor
organization
course
VBRM01 20161
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Costa Concordia, maritime disaster, passenger ship, evacuation, evacuation complications, human behavior theories, human behavior analysis
publication/series
LUTVDG/TVBB
report number
5514
other publication id
LUTVDG/TVBB--5514--SE
language
English
id
8908712
date added to LUP
2017-05-29 10:45:01
date last changed
2017-05-29 10:45:01
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  abstract     = {{The Costa Concordia disaster represents one of the most dramatic ship evacuations of recent years. This thesis constitutes a case study of the Costa Concordia disaster, in an attempt to identify behaviors among the evacuees that may have contributed in reducing the effectiveness of the evacuation procedures. Publicly available material – such as reports from the media, survivor accounts and scientific investigations – was critically analyzed, and current behavioral models were used to interpret the behaviors identified.}},
  author       = {{Kvamme, Victor}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{LUTVDG/TVBB}},
  title        = {{Use of behavioral theories for the interpretation of human behavior in the Costa Concordia disaster}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}