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SUMMARY:From 9/11 to 2012: Using Computer Simulations to Model Mass Evacua
 tions from Infrastructure Failures - Chris Johnson\, University of Glasgow
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DESCRIPTION:This talk begins with an analysis of the evacuation from the W
 orld Trade Center based on interviews and photographic evidence provided b
 y NIST and the 9/11 \nCommission. The lessons learned from this and from o
 ther major disasters have important implications\nfor the engineering proc
 esses that are used in many aspects of the construction industries. In par
 ticular\, they suggest that we should pay more attention to the human beha
 viours that emerge in the aftermath of natural disasters and terrorist act
 ions than to a regulatory framework that is based around counting the numb
 er of exit signs or measuring the width of fire exits. We will illustrate 
 this argument by presenting a range of non-deterministic simulations that 
 model the evacuation of 'difficult' structures including an NHS hospital\,
  a Glasgow football stadium and an underground \nstation. The talk will cl
 ose by describing recent work to anticipate safety and security problems f
 or the 2012 Olympic venues.
LOCATION:LR6\, Engineering\, Department of
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