Locating temporary shelter areas after an earthquake: A case for Turkey

Fırat Kılcı, Bahar Yetiş Kara and Burçin Bozkaya

European Journal of Operational Research, 2015, vol. 243, issue 1, 323-332

Abstract: In this study, we propose a mixed integer linear programming based methodology for selecting the location of temporary shelter sites. The mathematical model maximizes the minimum weight of open shelter areas while deciding on the location of shelter areas, the assigned population points to each open shelter area and controls the utilization of open shelter areas. We validate the mathematical model by generating a base case scenario using real data for Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey. Also, we perform a sensitivity analysis on the parameters of the mentioned mathematical model and discuss our findings. Lastly, we perform a case study using the data from the 2011 Van earthquake.

Keywords: Location; Shelter site selection; Humanitarian logistics; Practice of OR; Disaster planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.11.035

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