An observation of the walking speed of evacuees during a simulated tsunami evacuation in Padang, Indonesia

4th International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering for Sustainability

地球科学;生态环境科学;经济学

Yosritzal^1 ; Kemal, B.M.^1 ; Purnawan^1 ; Putra, H.^2

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Andalas, Padang

25116, Indonesia^1

Faculty of Information Technology, University of Andalas, Padang

25116, Indonesia^2

关键词: Distance meters;    Indonesia;    Simulation studies;    Walking speed;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/140/1/012090/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/140/1/012090

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents a simulation study to observe the walking speed of evacuee in the case of tsunami evacuation in Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia. A number of 9 volunteers, 6 observers, 1 route with 5 segments were involved in the simulation. The chosen route is the easiest path and the volunteers were ordered to walk in hurry to a particular place which was assumed as a shelter. The observers were placed at some particular places to record the time when an evacuee passes their place. The distance between the observers were measured using a manual distance meter. The study found that the average walking speed during the evacuation was 1.419 m/s. Walking speed is varied by age and gender of the evacuee.