Isovists compactness and stairs as predictors of evacuation route choice.

ABSTRACT: The building design is a crucial factor that can be actively adjusted and optimized to prevent human and property threats in emergency scenarios. Previous research suggests that specific building layouts may significantly influence human behaviour during evacuation. However, detailed empirical data about human behaviour in various types of buildings with different layouts are still missing and only marginal recommendations from this field are reflected in actual construction practice. In this study, desktop VR technologies were employed to study human decision-making in problematic T-intersections in the context of an emergency evacuation. More specifically, we studied fundamental attributes of buildings such as the width and length of the corridors and the presence of stairs to explore ho

SUBMITTER: Snopkova D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9940685 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature