Mohsen Ahad Nejad Roshti; Shahrivar Roustaei; Mohammad Javad Kameli far
Abstract
Urban road network is one of the most important urban arteries which has a significant impact on the relief and rescue operations, the evacuation of the injured and harmed people, especially after the crisis. Therefore, assessing the vulnerability of urban road network and planning to reduce these ...
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Urban road network is one of the most important urban arteries which has a significant impact on the relief and rescue operations, the evacuation of the injured and harmed people, especially after the crisis. Therefore, assessing the vulnerability of urban road network and planning to reduce these harms is necessary. This descriptive-analytical research was conducted with the aim of evaluating the urban road network against earthquake by crisis management approach in region 1 of the city of Tabriz. In order to assess the vulnerability of urban road network of Tabriz region 1, three criteria of confinement degree, density, and constructional characteristics were selected. The density criterion includes the sub-criteria of population density and constructional density and the criterion of building characteristics includes five sub-criteria ofage of the building, the quality of the building, type of use, occupation level and type of materials. Each one of these sub-criteria has several sub-criteria as well, which were evaluated by Delphi method. Finally, after assessing the vulnerability of the roads in each sub-criterion, the layers were overlaid by the Multi-criteria Evaluation (MCE) method in the form of IDRISI software. The final results indicate that the vulnerability of the study area roads network (excludingthe newly built neighborhoods) is more than moderate, and is mostly high and very high.The vulnerability of the roads networkis more common in informal residential neighborhoods which should be considered as a priority in planning.
Hakimeh Ghanbari; Mohsen Ahadnejad
Volume 18, Issue 72 , February 2010, , Pages 52-57
Abstract
Geographic information systems (GIS), with the management of transport information sources and the establishment of interconnection with them, facilitate access to traffic and service information. In fact, the goal of creating a GIS for the transportation system is to create a database linking transportation ...
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Geographic information systems (GIS), with the management of transport information sources and the establishment of interconnection with them, facilitate access to traffic and service information. In fact, the goal of creating a GIS for the transportation system is to create a database linking transportation information and GIS. In this paper, we aimed to explain and clarify the practical applications of GIS software in the field of transportation using descriptive-analytical method, and to analyze the locating process of vital facilities and equipment as well as some important uses in East Azarbaijan province relative to the route factor. In this research, the Network Analysis model has been considered as one of the most suitable methods for determining the shortest route for access to facilities or users, and has been implemented in the GIS software to provide access to the use of public parking lots in Tabriz city. The results indicate that GIS is one of the very suitable tools in optimal transportation planning and that Network Analysis model can be employed to determine the shortest and best route in terms of service and availability in transportation planning.
