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Earthquake — the importance of earthquake-resistant design in case of emergency evacuations

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Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2005

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. II Architectsint, Vienna

    B. Çokcan & S. Brell-Çokcan

  2. Institute of Architectural Science/Digital Architecture and Planning, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna

    S. Brell-Çokcan

  3. Institute of Architectural Science/Structural Design and Timber Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna

    B. Çokcan & K. Tavoussi Tafreshi

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  1. Ingenieurbüro WALDAU, Sickenberggasse 13/3, 1190, Wien, Austria

    Nathalie Waldau

  2. Österreichisches Institut für Schul- und Sportstättenbau, Prinz-Eugen-Straße 12, 1040, Wien, Austria

    Peter Gattermann

  3. Institut für Verkehrsplanung und Verkehrstechnik, Technische Universität Wien, Gußhausstraße 30/231, 1040, Wien, Austria

    Hermann Knoflacher

  4. Physik von Transport und Verkehr, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstraße 1, 47048, Duisburg, Germany

    Michael Schreckenberg

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Çokcan, B., Brell-Çokcan, S., Tavoussi Tafreshi, K. (2007). Earthquake — the importance of earthquake-resistant design in case of emergency evacuations. In: Waldau, N., Gattermann, P., Knoflacher, H., Schreckenberg, M. (eds) Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47064-9_9

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