An Experimental Study on Route-Choice Behavior in Emergency

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to show how people would find the route to the refuge in case of a strong earthquake. The participants in our experiments have no information without the direction and the approximate distance to the goal. In the irregular road pattern area. We found that the angle between the road and direction to the goal is one of the most important factors. Using this result, we want to try to make a refuge simulation modl.