Reliability Analysis of Road Networks and Preplanning of Emergency Rescue Paths

Yanyan Chen (), Michael G. H. Bell () and Ioannis Kaparias ()
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Yanyan Chen: Beijing University of Technology
Michael G. H. Bell: Imperial College London
Ioannis Kaparias: Imperial College London

Chapter 9 in Critical Infrastructure, 2007, pp 173-196 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Emergency vehicles require good access to residences after a large scale disaster. In the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of January 17, 1995, in the Kobe area of Japan, the access of emergency vehicles to the sites where they were needed was severely hindered by the traffic chaos in the aftermath of the earthquake, obstructing lifesaving activities. The urgent need for improving the reliability of road networks, and especially the reliability of emergency pathways, was thus confirmed.

Keywords: Alternative Path; Disjoint Path; Network Reliability; Path Constraint; Candidate Path (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68056-7_9

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