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A Qualitative Model to Estimate Users’ Fear of Environmental Conditions for Evacuation Route Guidance

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Abstract

Fear has a great impact on a decision-making phase of evacuees in hazardous situations. Even if it is a safe route, evacuees may find difficulty in passing there. The aim of this study is to clarify physical conditions along roads that make evacuees have fear, and to develop an estimation model quantifying the degree. The validity of the model was confirmed by comparing the subjective evaluation of the fear by the participants with the estimated value by the model. We will develop a route planning method incorporating this model. It is expected that the navigation system with the method can provide routes where users evacuate with reassured, avoiding places where they may feel great fears.

Keywords

Evacuation navigation Route planning Fear Reassured Information display Human interaction 
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Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by Grants-Aid for Science Research 17K00436 of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Risk EngineeringUniversity of TsukubaTsukubaJapan

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