Multi-agent simulation for disaster emergency evacuation in tsuruga city

Abstract

Disaster emergency evacuation plan is important especially for the cities where nuclear power stations are located. Once a mega disaster occurs, smooth evacuation is necessary for the people living near the nuclear power stations. This study conducted multi-agent simulations for disaster evacuation in Tsuruga city, where several nuclear power stations are located near the city. The results showed that the evacuation using buses was effective to reduce the total evacuation time, if a sufficient number of buses are prepared in a short time. Two-step evacuation was effective to reduce the total evacuation time, however, this method was inefficient at the beginning of evacuation. The combined method using buses and two-step evacuation was the most effective to reduce the total time and could solve the both problems.