Regional Characteristics of Urban Evacuation

－About Evacuating Pedestrian Velocity－

Abstract

In comparison with evacuation behavior in the case of building fire, evacuating pedestrian velocity is set more seriously by crowd density in the case of urban conflagration; therefore, it is very important to grasp the relation between pedestrian velocity and characteristics of crowds while handling the urban evacuation. On this study, due to make sure if there is any difference on crowds' density and pedestrian velocity between different countries, the comparing investigation in Osaka of Japan and Taipei of Taiwan was done. What the purpose is to make clear the regional characteristics of urban evacuation between Japan and Taiwan.