Changes in population evacuation potential for tsunami hazards in Seward, Alaska, since the 1964 Good Friday earthquake
Natural Hazards
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Abstract
Pedestrian evacuation modeling for tsunami hazards typically focuses on current land-cover conditions and population distributions. To examine how post-disaster redevelopment may influence the evacuation potential of at-risk populations to future threats, we modeled pedestrian travel times to safety in Seward, Alaska, based on conditions before the 1964 Good Friday earthquake and tsunami disaster and on modern conditions. Anisotropic, path distance modeling is conducted to estimate travel times to safety during the 1964 event and in modern Seward, and results are merged with various population data, including the location and number of residents, employees, public venues, and dependent care facilities. Results suggest that modeled travel time estimates conform well to the fatality patterns of the 1964 event and that evacuation travel times have increased in modern Seward due to the relocation and expansion of port and harbor facilities after the disaster. The majority of individuals threatened by tsunamis today in Seward are employee, customer, and tourist populations, rather than residents in their homes. Modern evacuation travel times to safety for the majority of the region are less than wave arrival times for future tectonic tsunamis but greater than arrival times for landslide-related tsunamis. Evacuation travel times will likely be higher in the winter time, when the presence of snow may constrain evacuations to roads.
Suggested Citation
Wood, N.J., Schmidtlein, M.C., Peters, J., 2014, Changes in population evacuation potential for tsunami hazards in Seward, Alaska, since the 1964 Good Friday earthquake: Natural Hazards, v. 70, no. 2, p. 1031-1053, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0859-8.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Changes in population evacuation potential for tsunami hazards in Seward, Alaska, since the 1964 Good Friday earthquake |
| Series title | Natural Hazards |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11069-013-0859-8 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication Date | October 06, 2013 |
| Year Published | 2014 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Geographic Science Center |
| Description | 23 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Natural Hazards |
| First page | 1031 |
| Last page | 1053 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| City | Seward |
| Other Geospatial | Resurrection Bay |