摘要: |
Evacuation procedures are the primary focus of emergency managers (and researchers) when planning for disaster in at-risk areas. However, properly managed re-entries after an event are also essential to assure the safety of returning residents. A systematic reentry plan also helps to support the recovery process by allowing it to be managed and begins as soon as possible (Texas Division of Emergency Management, 2013). The limited amount of research into re-entry processes and management has lead to a limited knowledge of the practical and theoretical aspects of the re-entry process and its smaller components (Siebeneck et al, 2013). This is thought to have resulted in challenges for officials and personnel involved in the process. This is thought to be especially true when there are lack of resources within the evacuation zone for those returning or other issues such as pre-mature re-entry (Seibeneck and Cova, 2008). In some cases, re-entry can prove more difficult than evacuation when evacuees are scattered across multiple regions or states (Lin et al, 2013). Although re-entry research is limited, the research that has been performed on hurricane evacuations may act as an analogous framework for research on improving re-entry (Stallings, 1991 and Siebeneck et al, 2013). The research proposed in this project will explore key concept related to the processes and procedures associated with post-event re-entries. Starting in localized events, then growing toward megaregion-level events. |