| Title |
Analysis of Building Emergency Evacuation Process with Interactions in Human Behaviors |
| Authors |
Choi, Minji ; Park, Moonseo ; Lee, Hyun-Soo ; Hwang, Sungjoo |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/KJCEM.2013.14.6.049 |
| Keywords |
Disaster ; Evacuation ; Human Behavior ; System Dynamics ; Simulation |
| Abstract |
Evacuation process has been considered as one of the most important elements to be managed in public facilities. Although the importance is highlighted through numerous literatures, disaster evacuation planning, particularly fire accidents, faces a number of human behavior related limitations for a similar application to different types of facilities/occupants. To overcome the obstacles including complexity in human behaviors, a number of simulation techniques with limited consideration on human behaviors are utilized to predict foreseeable problems in evacuation process. Therefore, this research aims to propose system dynamics models incorporating human behaviors considering different types of occupants under disaster evacuation events. Analysis on emergent human behaviors such as group forming and interactions under urgent situation are conducted based on the main stream theories in social science field. The results suggest the influences of human behavior factors including cooperative intention, information sharing, and mobility change to evacuation behavior. The implications are expected to provide safety consideration at planning/designing phase of buildings and help facility safety managers for evacuation planning with more realistic management approaches. |