@article{10902/4126,
year = {2013},
month = {12},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/4126},
abstract = {ABSTRACT. Advances in the understanding and prediction of
tsunami impacts allow the development of risk reduction
strategies for tsunami-prone areas. This paper presents an integral
framework for the formulation of tsunami evacuation
plans based on tsunami vulnerability assessment and evacuation
modelling. This framework considers (i) the hazard aspects
(tsunami flooding characteristics and arrival time), (ii)
the characteristics of the exposed area (people, shelters and
road network), (iii) the current tsunami warning procedures
and timing, (iv) the time needed to evacuate the population,
and (v) the identification of measures to improve the evacuation
process. The proposed methodological framework aims
to bridge between risk assessment and risk management in
terms of tsunami evacuation, as it allows for an estimation
of the degree of evacuation success of specific management
options, as well as for the classification and prioritization of
the gathered information, in order to formulate an optimal
evacuation plan. The framework has been applied to the El
Salvador case study, demonstrating its applicability to sitespecific
response times and population characteristics.},
organization = {We would like to thank the Spanish Agency
for International Development Cooperation (AECID) for funding and supporting the project framing this research, named “Evaluación del Riesgo por tsunami en la costa de El Salvador (Fase I:
Peligrosidad, Fase II: Vulnerabilidad y Riesgo)” and developed during the period 2009–2012; and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) of El Salvador for our fruitful collaboration.
We also thank the European projects NEARToWARN
(Near-field Tsunami Warning) and ASTARTE (Assessment, STrategy And Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe) for funding the first three authors’ research, and Roberto Minguez (IH Cantabria) for his guidance on optimization procedures.},
publisher = {Copernicus Publications},
publisher = {Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2013, 13, 3249-3270},
title = {Tsunami evacuation modelling as a tool for risk reduction: application to the coastal area of El Salvador},
author = {González-Riancho Calzada, Pino and Aguirre Ayerbe, Ignacio and Aniel-Quiroga Zorrilla, Íñigo and Abad Herrero, Sheila and González Rodríguez, Ernesto Mauricio and Larreynaga, Jeniffer and Gavidia Medina, Francisco and Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, Omar Quetzalcóatl and Álvarez Gómez, José Antonio and Medina Santamaría, Raúl},
}