Safe City

Safe City

Optimal Routing of Emergency Evacuation in Central Texture of Cities (Case Study: Region 1 of Isfahan Municipality)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Hamidreza Baharlouie Yancheshmeh 1
Hassan Ahmadi 2
Saber Mohammadpour Mohammadpour 3
1 Master of Science Urban Planning, Department of Urbanism, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
2 Associate Professor of Urbanism Department, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
3 Assistant Professor of Urbanism Department, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
10.22034/ispdrc.2022.701539
Abstract
Emergency evacuation and identification of optimal evacuation routes is one of the basic dimensions of crisis
management that different countries pay attention to it, according to their level of development and foresight.
Due to the study gap and insufficient attention of the country's urban management system and the weakness
of studies and research in this field, this paper identifies the optimal routes of emergency evacuation in
Region 1 of Isfahan Municipality as one of the identity-historical centers and commercial-tourism center of
the city. Isfahan has made efforts (in the form of creating a dynamic network that can be used for various
types of human-natural crises). In this regard, six main indicators of building quality, population density,
building density, building age, path width and path slope were calculated based on scientific background and
availability of required data. After that, 32 streets were selected based on the maximum width and maximum
coverage of the area, and the status of the mentioned indicators for these streets and the area located within a
radius of 100 meters was examined. Then, the mentioned indicators were weighted in the network analysis
system and SuperDecision software. After creating the network, the identification of the optimal path based
on each of the indicators was tested and 6 unique paths were tested. Based on each of the research indicators,
they were identified. Finally, by overlaying the layers, the safest route to emergency evacuation area was
identified.
Keywords
Routing
Crisis Management
Downtown
Urban population
Isfahan
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