Abstract
ABSTRACT Emergency response efficiency is affected seriously by shelter location during traffic disruption caused by floods. In this paper, a new framework including the suitability assessment of shelter location and the accessibility analysis of emergency response is proposed. Firstly, an evaluation criteria system from a risk perspective is established to screen candidate shelters. Secondly, candidate shelters’ effective area, capacity, and service radius are combined to determine the suitable shelter locations. Finally, the emergency accessibility of traffic under different rainstorm scenarios is calculated, respectively. The results show that resident emergency congregate shelters are suitable to be built in economically developed and highly densely populated areas around the central part of Henan, and it is mainly to guard against extreme floods caused by heavy rainfall. It should be dominated by emergency evacuation and embarkation shelters to prevent daily floods in the west and southwest. In addition, the reduced accessibility is apparent in the western and southeastern regions owing to road inundation, and occurs in the disaster scenarios of the 20-year return period and more. This study suggests how to select suitable shelters by considering the spatial heterogeneity of the province.
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