Abstract

Measuring response to public guidance during incidents of wildfires or major storms.

Project Description & Overview

Study to develop models which describe the observed large-scale response by pedestrian/traffic during recent natural disasters in North America. This research topic will involve the application of data science and spatial modelling techniques to high-volume mobile phone movement data to understand evacuation patterns. This will potentially inform a macro-wildfire evacuation simulation model (WUINITY2).

Datasets

High-volume mobile phone movement data.

Competencies

• Data science
• Spatial modeling techniques

Learning Outcomes & Deliverables

• Website creation
• Outcomes visualization
• Human behavior understanding

Results:

Improve Public Guidance to Natural Disasters

Students

Jingjing Ge, Yichen Guo, and Yinuo Mi