Introduction The safety of humans in crowded environments has been recognised as an
important and rapidly growing research area with significant implications for urban planning …

Scholarly literature on terrorism is analysed in its full scope with three main goals:(i) to
objectively determine the structural makeup of the field,(ii) to document its current and past …

This work is a systematic review of optimisation methods for pedestrian evacuations. The
focus is on interventional approaches that seek to improve evacuation efficiency rather than …

Wayfinding tools are important parts of the emergency evacuation identification system,
which can improve passengers' understanding of the evacuation process, and guide people …

By examining the characteristics of passengers on a ship route between the Shandong and
Liaodong Peninsula, through a questionnaire survey, this paper aims to address the likely …

Social rejection elicits profound feelings of distress. From an evolutionary perspective, the
best way to alleviate this distress is to behave prosocially, minimizing the likelihood of further …

Evacuation times can be shortened in fire scenarios if people choose appropriate routes.
Way-finding systems can be used to aid this process, thus their effectiveness needs to be …

Identifying how pedestrians respond to the movement of others in emergencies is an
essential topic that is directly relevant to building evacuation and safety management. Here …

Human reaction plays a key role in improved protection upon emergent traffic situations with
motor vehicles. Understanding the underlying behaviour mechanisms can combine active …

Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the number of disasters caused by
human crowding due to evacuees attempting to exit during emergencies. This has led to a …