Fatal traffic accidents in urban areas can adversely affect the urban road traffic system and pose many challenges for urban traffic management.Therefore,it is necessary to first classify emergency responses to such a...Fatal traffic accidents in urban areas can adversely affect the urban road traffic system and pose many challenges for urban traffic management.Therefore,it is necessary to first classify emergency responses to such accidents and then handle them quickly and correctly.The aim of this paper is to develop an evaluation index system and to use appropriate methods to investigate emergency-response classifications to fatal traffic accidents in Chinese urban areas.This study used a multilevel hierarchical structural model to determine emergency-response classification.In the model,accident attributes,urban road network vulnerability,and institutional resilience were used as classification criteria.Each evaluation indicator was selected according to importance ranking and independence screening and was given an interpretation and a quantitative criterion.The Fuzzy Delphi Method was used to rank the importance of the evaluation indices and the combined weight of each index was calculated using the G1 method.Finally,the case of a fatal traffic accident was used to validate the model.The results showed that the multilevel hierarchical structural model,Fuzzy Delphi Method,and G1 method can effectively address the problem of emergency-response classification.Because of its simplicity and adaptability,the approach presented here could be useful for decisionmakers and practitioners for determining emergency-response classifications.展开更多
This paper presents a First responder emergency response tool(EMApp)as a step towards achieving integrated emergency care in developing countries,the case of Uganda.The EMApp prototype has potential to support h...This paper presents a First responder emergency response tool(EMApp)as a step towards achieving integrated emergency care in developing countries,the case of Uganda.The EMApp prototype has potential to support health emergency response from various emergency stakeholders.This innovation is in line with strategic plans to embrace technologies towards the establishment of integrated social services such as emergency healthcare services(EHS)in Uganda.We describe the prototype and provide its functionalities that can be further enhanced to enable access to emergency services and save life.The possible assumptions,potential challenges and recommendations to implement and deployment of such a system are provided.There is currently no such integrated emergency response system in Uganda as is the case in many other developing countries.For future studies,there is need to deploy the tool and assess its impact on the communities.展开更多
基金supported by the Fifth 333 High-Level Talents Project of Jiangsu Province under Grant BRA2017443the Key Research Base of Jiangsu University Philosophy and Social Science under Grant 2018ZDJD-B007.
文摘Fatal traffic accidents in urban areas can adversely affect the urban road traffic system and pose many challenges for urban traffic management.Therefore,it is necessary to first classify emergency responses to such accidents and then handle them quickly and correctly.The aim of this paper is to develop an evaluation index system and to use appropriate methods to investigate emergency-response classifications to fatal traffic accidents in Chinese urban areas.This study used a multilevel hierarchical structural model to determine emergency-response classification.In the model,accident attributes,urban road network vulnerability,and institutional resilience were used as classification criteria.Each evaluation indicator was selected according to importance ranking and independence screening and was given an interpretation and a quantitative criterion.The Fuzzy Delphi Method was used to rank the importance of the evaluation indices and the combined weight of each index was calculated using the G1 method.Finally,the case of a fatal traffic accident was used to validate the model.The results showed that the multilevel hierarchical structural model,Fuzzy Delphi Method,and G1 method can effectively address the problem of emergency-response classification.Because of its simplicity and adaptability,the approach presented here could be useful for decisionmakers and practitioners for determining emergency-response classifications.
基金This project received two(2)college local seed grants(2018 and 2019)from Research,Innovations,Services and Engagement(RISE)of the College of Computing and Information Sciences at Makerere University.
文摘This paper presents a First responder emergency response tool(EMApp)as a step towards achieving integrated emergency care in developing countries,the case of Uganda.The EMApp prototype has potential to support health emergency response from various emergency stakeholders.This innovation is in line with strategic plans to embrace technologies towards the establishment of integrated social services such as emergency healthcare services(EHS)in Uganda.We describe the prototype and provide its functionalities that can be further enhanced to enable access to emergency services and save life.The possible assumptions,potential challenges and recommendations to implement and deployment of such a system are provided.There is currently no such integrated emergency response system in Uganda as is the case in many other developing countries.For future studies,there is need to deploy the tool and assess its impact on the communities.
