Emergency evacuation is viewed as a common strategy adopted during the disaster
preparedness stage of evacuation to ensure the safety of potentially affected populations. In …

Land-use allocation has long been an important area of research in regional science. Land-
use patterns are fundamental to the functions of the biosphere, creating interactions that …

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geographic information systems (GIS) to analyze and address public health problems. Basic …

Background The transmission of infectious diseases is dependent on the amount and nature
of contacts between infectious and healthy individuals. Confined and crowded environments …

Most traffic delays in regional evacuations occur at intersections. Lane-based routing is one
strategy for reducing these delays. This paper presents a network flow model for identifying …

Global climate change is likely to affect urban infrastructure through sea level rise and
increased frequency of extreme events. This paper assesses the potential impact of climate …

The computation of evacuation time estimates (ETEs) for communities threatened by
hurricanes requires analysts to develop sophisticated models of evacuation flows and …

This article discusses spatial optimization in geography, focusing on contributions of
geographers in explicit geographical contexts. An overview of spatial optimization is given …

In this paper, we examine the applicability of spatial optimization as a generative modelling
technique for sustainable land‐use allocation. Specifically, we test whether spatial …

Fires, earthquakes, floods, acts of terrorism, nuclear accidents and other catastrophes that
may occur in (or affect) urban areas, constitute an important concern for emergency and …