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The UK WTC9/11 evacuation study: an overview of the methodologies employed and some preliminary analysis

Galea, Edwin R., Hulse, Lynn, Day, Rachel, Siddiqui, Asim, Sharp, Gary, Boyce, Karen, Summerfield, Louise, Canter, David, Marselle, Melisa and Greenall, Paul V. (2010) The UK WTC9/11 evacuation study: an overview of the methodologies employed and some preliminary analysis. In: Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2008. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 3-24. ISBN 978-3-642-04503-5 (print), 978-3-642-04504-2 (eISBN)

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04504-2_1

Abstract

This paper briefly describes the methodologies employed in the collection and storage of first-hand accounts of evacuation experiences derived from face-to-face interviews from evacuees from the World Trade Centre (WTC) Twin Towers complex on 11 Septebmer 2001 and the development of the High-rise Evacuation Evaluation Database (HEED). The main focus of the paper is to present a preliminary analysis of data derived from the evacuation of the North Tower.

Item Type: Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings: Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2008
Additional Information: [1] In Part I Experiment and Evacuation. [2] This paper forms part of the proceedings of the 4th international conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics - PED 23008, held 27-29 February 2008, Wuppertal University, Wuppertal, Germany.
Uncontrolled Keywords: methodologies, collection, storage, first-hand accounts, interviews, evacuation experiences, World Trade Center (WTC), High-rise Evacuation Evaluation Database (HEED)
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
School / Department / Research Groups: School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis > Fire Safety Engineering Group
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Last Modified: 10 Apr 2012 14:03
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/1768

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