This research project seeks to increase knowledge about coordinating effective multi-modal evacuation for disasters. It does so by identifying, evaluating, and assessing current transportation management approaches for multi-modal evacuation planning. The research increases equity by identifying strategies for evacuation of all residents, including carless residents during a disaster. The research also seeks to address the challenges of effectively incorporating multi-modalism into local emergency plans by enhancing transportation resource coordination through exploration of the feasibility of a new concept--a Transportation Reserve Corps (TRC). A TRC seeks to integrate planning for households without automobiles, multi-modal evacuation, and coordinated volunteerism with disaster preparedness, response and recovery.


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    Title :

    Resource Coordination for Multi-Modal Evacuation Planning


    Contributors:
    D. B. Hess (author) / B. W. Conley (author) / C. M. Farrell (author)

    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    159 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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