Effect of Population Mobility on the Location of Communal Shelters

Michael N. Alexander, J. Brooks Ferebee, Paul J. Grim, Leonard S. Lebow, Stephen D. Senturia and Ann M. Singleterry
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Michael N. Alexander: Operations Research Office, The Johns Hopkins University, Bethesda, Maryland
J. Brooks Ferebee: Operations Research Office, The Johns Hopkins University, Bethesda, Maryland
Paul J. Grim: Operations Research Office, The Johns Hopkins University, Bethesda, Maryland
Leonard S. Lebow: Operations Research Office, The Johns Hopkins University, Bethesda, Maryland
Stephen D. Senturia: Operations Research Office, The Johns Hopkins University, Bethesda, Maryland
Ann M. Singleterry: Operations Research Office, The Johns Hopkins University, Bethesda, Maryland

Operations Research, 1958, vol. 6, issue 2, 207-231

Abstract: A method for estimating the size of an area served by a civil defense shelter as a function of building types is developed, walking speeds, warning and reaction times, and percentage of population to be protected are estimated, queuing at shelter entrances is evaluated. The results obtained are applied to the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C.

Date: 1958
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