1184. Multi-organizational collaboration for evacuation of mobility-impaired people
Invited abstract in session WA-55: Disaster Response, stream Humanitarian Operations.
Wednesday, 8:30-10:00Room: Liberty 1.09
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Oscar Rodriguez-Espindola
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| Operations and Information Management, Aston University |
Abstract
The increasing number of people affected by natural hazards underscores the need to develop mechanisms to facilitate the efficient and effective evacuation people. Those mechanisms must cater to evacuees with different characteristics. There are different models in the literature looking at shelter location and allocation, but a common assumption among them is homogeneous demand. Recent records, however, have shown that the experience of mobility-impaired people during evacuations is significantly worsened by that assumption. They require special transportation arrangements, along with the right infrastructure and services in shelters. Although these considerations are crucial, single organizations often lack the capabilities to handle those needs, whether in terms of transportation or services. The collaboration between different organizations can create synergies to offer that support. This article introduces a solution for facility location, allocation and evacuation. It uses multi-objective optimization to plan these activities allowing for collaboration between multiple organizations with different resources. It reduces the maximum distance travelled by the different types of evacuees, enhances facility reliability, and minimizes operational cost. The formulation considers the compatibility between the infrastructure available and the services offered to serve a set of heterogeneous users. The solution is tested in a set of numerical examples to draw conclusions.
Keywords
- Disaster and Crisis Management
- Humanitarian Applications
Status: accepted
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