City transportation network vulnerability to disasters: the case of Hurricane Hermine in Florida

Ghorbanzadeh, Mahyar; Koloushani, Mohammadreza; Özgüven, Eren Erman; Vanli, O. Arda; Arghandeh, Reza

doi:10.1080/17477891.2021.1933885

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“…Precautions must be taken on each sector, such as transportation systems so that the negative effects of climate change can be limited and the resilience of these sectors to climate change can be increased. Operational disturbances on transportation networks related to climate change have the probability of increasing densities, queues, and traffic delays, which may reduce labor efficiency and increase the mental disturbances of the passengers (Ghorbanzadeh et al, 2021, Praharaj et al, 2021. Therefore, decision-makers need to adapt the transportation networks of cities to the changing conditions of the world, which is climate change in this case.…”

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Evaluation of climate change-resilient transportation alternatives using fuzzy Hamacher aggregation operators based group decision-making model

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Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

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Evaluation of climate change-resilient transportation alternatives using fuzzy Hamacher aggregation operators based group decision-making model

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“…The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates a total cost of USD 1.875 trillion in the U.S. from 1980 to 2020 due to weather-and climate disaster-related damages [3]. Among the U.S. states, the State of Florida, due to its unique geography which is surrounded on three sides by water and long coastlines, is significantly vulnerable to severe storms and hurricanes [4]. Florida, with 15.8 million people living in the coastal region, ranks third after California and New York based on a comparison of the populations who live in coastal counties [5].…”

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Integrating Evacuation and Storm Surge Modeling Considering Potential Hurricane Tracks: The Case of Hurricane Irma in Southeast Florida

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Yang

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Hurricane Irma, in 2017, made an unusual landfall in South Florida and the unpredictability of the hurricane’s path challenged the evacuation process seriously and left many evacuees clueless. It was likely to hit Southeast Florida but suddenly shifted its path to the west coast of the peninsula, where the evacuation process had to change immediately without any time for individual decision-making. As such, this study aimed to develop a methodology to integrate evacuation and storm surge modeling with a case study analysis of Irma hitting Southeast Florida. For this purpose, a coupled storm surge and wave finite element model (ADCIRC+SWAN) was used to determine the inundation zones and roadways with higher inundation risk in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties in Southeast Florida. This was fed into the evacuation modeling to estimate the regional clearance times and shelter availability in the selected counties. Findings show that it takes approximately three days to safely evacuate the populations in the study area. Modeling such integrated simulations before the hurricane hit the state could provide the information people in hurricane-prone areas need to decide to evacuate or not before the mandatory evacuation order is given.

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“…Concerning pre-disaster assessment, the current works are focused on statistical analyses to identify spatial patterns of outages and their relationship with demographic and socioeconomic variables, such as in two studies by Ghorbanzadeh et al ( 11 , 12 ). While these studies can provide valuable information for city officials to better prepare emergency policies for potential hurricanes, these analyses are done a posteriori.…”

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Roadway Vulnerability Assessment against Hurricanes Using Satellite Images

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Karaer

Ghorbanzadeh

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Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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Infrastructures such as roadways, power lines, and communications networks play a critical role in our society. However, they are also susceptible to failures, especially those caused by extreme events, quickly affecting large geographical areas. Predicting where and when these failures will occur with high confidence is very difficult because of the stochastic nature of such events. Nevertheless, it is possible to know in advance which areas are more vulnerable and plan accordingly. This paper aims to use remote sensing techniques based on satellite images to detect roadways’ vulnerabilities to hurricanes. Each road is assigned a vulnerability score based on the information retrieved from the satellite image and other geographic information system (GIS) data, which can be used to create a vulnerability map of the area. Both vegetation exposure along the roads and the consequences of the closures are considered in the vulnerability assessment. The study area has been selected in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., where a high-resolution satellite image was acquired in September 2018, 2 weeks before Hurricane Michael. The findings of this work can help management teams and city responders to identify the most vulnerable regions at risk of disruption and organize resources before the event.

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City transportation network vulnerability to disasters: the case of Hurricane Hermine in Florida

Cited by 12 publications

References 32 publications

Evaluation of climate change-resilient transportation alternatives using fuzzy Hamacher aggregation operators based group decision-making model

Evaluation of climate change-resilient transportation alternatives using fuzzy Hamacher aggregation operators based group decision-making model

Integrating Evacuation and Storm Surge Modeling Considering Potential Hurricane Tracks: The Case of Hurricane Irma in Southeast Florida

Roadway Vulnerability Assessment against Hurricanes Using Satellite Images

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