Planning Intervention in Emergency Evacuation to Minimize Hazard Impact: A Case Study of Old Dhaka and Dhaka Export Processing Zone

Abstract

Disasters have a direct and acquit effect on human lives and settlement. Assessment of natural movement in the high dense settlements becomes a crucial issue in terms of disaster management. Evacuation, as an intuitive and practically effective emergency rescue measure, has long been used and is expected to be enhanced to protect human populations against hazardous situations caused by these natural and man-made disasters. A well-defined and manageable plan is one of the prerequisites for successful implementation of an emergency evacuation is a life saving measure on disaster events. Haphazard urban growth in old Dhaka and increasing industrial load on specialized industrial zones like Dhaka export processing zone is an alarming marker for disaster preparedness for the city. As lacking in proper disaster management process, emergency evacuation system developed not so far. In the methodology, investigation has done through Michael Patton’s Utilization Focused Evaluation Model. The measurement and assessment of the effectiveness is based on three dimensional analyses: Consumers contentment Index, Public stuffs index and Collective worth. Considering the present situation, and is undertaken with different objectives of analyzing the existing emergency evacuation system of old Dhaka and DEPZ area. In the virtual effectiveness analysis, user satisfaction indexes/ Consumers contentment index (C.C.I.) score is 41, 47 and 45(out of 100) for Industrial, household and others respectively and Public Stuffs Index for industrial unit is 33, for Households Unit is 44.55 and for others unit is 48.72. All these score indicates the poor level of Emergency Evacuation Service of Old Dhaka and DEPZ. The study examine service level of present emergency support system, which are prominent variable to develop an effective emergency evacuation plan to reduce hazard impact on specific area.