A review of studies on understanding crowd dynamics in the context of crowd safety in mass religious gatherings

Gayathri, Harihara Subramanian; Aparna, P.; Verma, Ashish

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.07.017

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“…Therefore, psychological conditions of the participants may result in intensified effects on the safety of population. [52] Knowing factors that result in behavioral change of people and consequently behavioral changes in the population is crucial. One of them is alcohol consumption by individuals.…”

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“…Different articles have also acknowledged the importance of risk assessment in identifying and managing health hazards in MGs. [141013144452586668707273]…”

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“…The scenario of crowd is very different. (Gayathri et al, 2017). This work attempts to study the situations in Kumbh Mela procession 2016 that may lead to crowd disasters in future events and recommendations/solutions to prevent such disasters in future are suggested.…”

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Understanding Crowd Dynamics in Processions during Mass Religious Gatherings A case study of Shahi Snan in Kumbh Mela

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Large people gatherings in public places exhibit crowd dynamics that are quite complex. Such mass events with high densities are fraught with potentially serious consequences if not understood and managed properly. In mass religious processions, the participants in the crowd are emotional and mostly impulsive and often crowd disasters occur due to the behaviour of the crowd. These events have great potential to cause safety hazards to the people. This paper attempts to narrate the typical situations of crowd dynamics observed in the Kumbh Mela procession-2016 and to describe the characteristics of the crowd that have not been reported in literature so far but have a significant impact on the crowd. Extreme crowd pressures resulting in individual loss control due to psychological and physiological factors, heterogeneity in the crowd, group behaviour and their induced competitiveness, unexpected behaviour exhibited due to the motivation behind participating in such procession makes it a typical crowd concentrated event to study the potentially critical dynamics of crowd. Physical and psychological forces acting on the people and their resulting dynamics of crowd in the Kumbh Mela procession 2016 lead to serpentine behaviour, which can possibly lead to crowd crushes, or any such crowd risk situations. Therefore, the characteristics of crowd participating in the Kumbh Mela procession have to be clearly understood so that it helps in better planning and well-organized movement patterns.

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“…Beyond physics, the population dynamics has a very interesting aspect that relates to the interaction range. Recent studies in crowd dynamics [46] propose models of social forces including repulsive or attractive actions, and these models can be used to predict catastrophic scenarios [47]. Traffic modeling is one of the possibilities these models offers [48].…”

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Long-Range Retarded Elastic Metamaterials: Wave-Stopping, Negative, and Hypersonic or Superluminal Group Velocity

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This paper investigates new phenomena in elastic wave propagation in metamaterials, characterised by long-range interactions. The kind of waves borne in this context unveil wave-stopping, negative group velocity, instability and hypersonic or superluminal effects, both for instantaneous and for nonlocal retarded actions. Closed form results are presented and a universal propagation map synthesizes the expected properties of these materials. Perspectives in physics, engineering and social dynamics are discussed.

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A review of studies on understanding crowd dynamics in the context of crowd safety in mass religious gatherings

Cited by 77 publications

References 48 publications

Risks threatening the health of people participating in mass gatherings: A systematic review

Risks threatening the health of people participating in mass gatherings: A systematic review

Understanding Crowd Dynamics in Processions during Mass Religious Gatherings A case study of Shahi Snan in Kumbh Mela

Long-Range Retarded Elastic Metamaterials: Wave-Stopping, Negative, and Hypersonic or Superluminal Group Velocity

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