Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1083-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1083-2022
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01 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 01 Apr 2022

Assessing the effectiveness and the economic impact of evacuation: the case of the island of Vulcano, Italy

Costanza Bonadonna, Ali Asgary, Franco Romerio, Tais Zulemyan, Corine Frischknecht, Chiara Cristiani, Mauro Rosi, Chris E. Gregg, Sebastien Biass, Marco Pistolesi, Scira Menoni, and Antonio Ricciardi

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Example of a pedestrian evacuation simulation run (Vulcano island, Italy) Costanza Bonadonna https://doi.org/10.5446/56499

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Evacuation planning and management represent a key aspect of volcanic crises because they can increase people's protection as well as minimize the potential impacts on the economy, properties and infrastructure of the affected area. We present a simulation tool that assesses the effectiveness of different evacuation scenarios as well as a model to assess the economic impact of evacuation as a function of evacuation duration and starting period using the island of Vulcano (Italy) as a case study.
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