IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/transj/v58y2019i3p168-196.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Finding Optimal Depots and Routes in Sudden‐Onset Disasters: An Earthquake Case for Erzincan

Author

Listed:
  • Zafer Yilmaz
  • Ayyuce Aydemir‐Karadag
  • Serpil Erol

Abstract

This article focuses on determining the best routes between affected areas and relief depots in sudden‐onset disasters and selecting the best depot that can serve at the shortest response time. These decisions are crucial in emergency humanitarian logistics management since the response time to affected areas dramatically influences the survival rate and timely availability of relief items. This article considers many real‐life aspects to deal with the problem realistically. A framework based on Geographic Information System (GIS) is presented that takes into account widths and structures of different types of infrastructure (roads, tunnels, and bridges), the survivability of infrastructure according to its spatial proximity to a potential disaster, and legal speed limits in the pre‐ and post‐disaster decision processes. A case study was carried out for an earthquake disaster scenario in Erzincan province of Turkey and various scenarios were generated to analyze the solutions under different conditions.

Suggested Citation

  • Zafer Yilmaz & Ayyuce Aydemir‐Karadag & Serpil Erol, 2019. "Finding Optimal Depots and Routes in Sudden‐Onset Disasters: An Earthquake Case for Erzincan," Transportation Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 58(3), pages 168-196, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:transj:v:58:y:2019:i:3:p:168-196
    DOI: 10.5325/transportationj.58.3.0168
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.58.3.0168
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.5325/transportationj.58.3.0168?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:transj:v:58:y:2019:i:3:p:168-196. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.