Planning autonomous evacuation for access and flood resilience

Resilience planning has been an increasing topic of discussion, with the shifting attitude toward an adaptive approach where landscapes serve a multitude of functions. Cities like Boston are at the forefront in resilience planning with initiatives such as the Climate Ready Boston. The history-rich land morphology of Boston shows a real vulnerability to floods and storm surge events, revealing a 100-year flood's potential to cripple its busiest districts. Technology and mobility, albeit have been progressing as independent entities, do not cross roads with resilience planning and evacuation, and the understanding of landscape morphology and vulnerability plays little to no influence on the idea of districting. With scarce research on the overlap between technological advancements in mobility with resilience thinking, there is a need to re-examine the integration of technological feats with evacuation in disasters.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Al-Sammarraie, Ali(Ali J.).

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Alan Berger.

• Urban Studies and Planning.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123899

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/123899