A Study on Urgent Transportation Planning using a Simulation in case of Earthquake Disasters

Abstract

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake was a tragic urban disaster which we had never experienced.It caused much confusion with people's activities in the city. Especially, it was pointed out that the delay of relief operations due to traffic congestion was a serious problem. In this paper, firstly, we construct a simulation system which deals with urban transportation in case of earthquake disasters, and simulate for variety of road damages and transportation measures. Then we evaluate and study about transportation policy using simulation outputs about the degree of supply achievement according to zones.