Urban space design and safety evaluation from viewpoint of evacuation behavior of users

ABSTRACT

To build safe city spaces and structures, it is very important to ensure the safety of the users in both normal and emergency situations as well as to secure structural strength. As a first step, we have developed a new evacuation model in which individual personality of the users, effect of disaster such as smoke and fire, and also the effects of evacuation guidance, can be considered. Using the model, safety of the spaces and efficiency of evacuation guidance are studied.(AU)