A MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM APPROACH IN EVALUATING HUMAN SPATIO-TEMPORAL VULNERABILITY TO SEISMIC RISK USING SOCIAL ATTACHMENT

• Published in: WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences Vol. 121; p. 47
• Main Authors: BAÑGATE, JULIUS, Dugdale, Julie, Beck, Elise, Adam, Carole
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Southampton W I T Press 2018
• Subjects: Attachment; Casualties; Debris; Disaster management; Disasters; Earthquake damage; Earthquakes; Evacuation routing; Human behavior; Human factors; Injury analysis; Multiagent systems; Norms; Perception; Physical factors; Population distribution; Risk analysis; Seismic analysis; Seismic design; Seismic hazard; Social factors; Spatial distribution; Time of use

The theory of social attachment states that individuals seek the proximity of attachment figures (e.g. family members, friends, colleagues, familiar places or objects) when faced with threat. During disasters, this means that family members may seek each other before evacuating, gather personal prop...