Tema (Nov 2018)

Multi-hazard emergency management in historical centers: methods and tools for increasing mass-gathering safety in case of earthquake

  • Gabriele Bernardini,
  • Chiara David,
  • Silvia Santarelli,
  • Enrico Quagliarini,
  • Marco D'Orazio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17410/tema.v4i2.190
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2
pp. 120 – 133

Abstract

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The use of historic city centers for touristic purposes, i.e. mass gatherings events (MEs), needs a multi-hazard approach which should jointly consider building heritage and hosted individuals’ emergency safety, by including effects of individuals’ behaviors to provide effective riskreduction strategies (i.e.: interventions on critical Building Heritage; outdoor spaces layout reorganization; emergency management; wayfinding systems;). This work evidences the capabilities of such approach in case of MEs-earthquake emergency combinations, by taking advantaging of a validated evacuation simulator, through a case-study application.