please check the special issue:
The “Behaviour-Informed Evacuation Safety and Emergency Response for Vulnerable Populations” special issue (published in journals such as Urban Science or Fire) focuses on integrating human behavioral evidence into evacuation modeling, emergency planning, and resilience strategies, with a particular emphasis on protecting at-risk groups.
🎯 Core Aim
The issue seeks to bridge the gap between behavioral science and operational disaster response. It encourages research that moves beyond static assumptions of homogeneous human behavior to account for decision-making under uncertainty, risk perception, and the diverse needs of vulnerable populations (e.g., the elderly, children, people with disabilities, or those with pre-existing health conditions).
Topic editors:
Homa Bahmani
Chengdu University of Technology
C. Natalie Van Der Wal
Delft University of Technology
Kadir Uludag
Shanghai Mental Health Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
