SNOPKOVÁ, Dajana, Laure DE COCK, Vojtěch JUŘÍK, Ondřej KVARDA, Martin TANCOŠ, Lukáš HERMAN and Petr KUBÍČEK. Isovists compactness and stairs as predictors of evacuation route choice. Scientific Reports. Berlin: Nature Portfolio, 2023, vol. 13, No 1, p. 1-15. ISSN 2045-2322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29944-8.
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Original name Isovists compactness and stairs as predictors of evacuation route choice
Authors SNOPKOVÁ, Dajana (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Laure DE COCK (56 Belgium), Vojtěch JUŘÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ondřej KVARDA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin TANCOŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lukáš HERMAN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr KUBÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Scientific Reports, Berlin, Nature Portfolio, 2023, 2045-2322.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50103 Cognitive sciences
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 4.600 in 2022
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/23:00130369
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29944-8
UT WoS 000955795600029
Keywords in English space syntax; isovists; evacuation; T-intersection; virtual tour; corridor width; corridor length
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Vojtěch Juřík, Ph.D., učo 372092. Changed: 25/3/2024 13:30.
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 how they influence the choice of the evacuation route. The space-syntax isovist method was used to describe spatial parameters of corridors, which makes the results applicable to all buildings. Behavioural data from 208 respondents were analysed using multilevel regression models. Our results support previous claims concerning the importance of specific spatial layouts of evacuation corridors because respondents systematically chose wider and shorter corridors with visible staircases as the preferred evacuation route. The present findings further promote the ongoing discussion on the design of marked evacuation routes and building design that takes human factors into consideration.
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MUNI/A/1393/2021, interní kód MUName: Integrovaný geografický výzkum dynamiky přírodních a společenských procesů (Acronym: IGEODYN)
Investor: Masaryk University
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