Why do people sometimes behave aggressively during emergency egress or ingress, knocking down and trampling on others, which disrupts flow and causes blockages, while other times people move in a smooth, coordinated manner? This book contains a comparative analysis of case histories of bad versus good emergency escape. Included are some of the most well-known cases in U.S. history, such as the Iroquois Theatre fire, the Cocoanut Grove fire, and the World Trade Center bombing. Drawing from investigative reports and authoritative sources, the authors present accounts of the circumstances surrounding each case and give 10 factors that are usually the cause for disastrous consequences. This book will be of interest to students and faculty in the fields of psychology, urban planning, and U.S. history.
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A comparative analysis of some of the worst exiting and entering disasters in U.S. history with cases of successful emergency escape.
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Good place to start,
This review is from: Don't Panic: The Psychology of Emergency Egress and Ingress (Hardcover)
If you are studying Disaster psychology this is a great book to start with. The thing is though is that it does not have recent events like 9/11 in it
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On Friday, December 27, 1895, the United Oriental and Dramatic Company of Boston was to perform the opera Alexander, in Yiddish, at the Front Street Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
salient path, concert stampede, poor traffic flow, night club fire, gallery promenade, pedestrian traffic flow, balcony promenade, crowd density, passage restrictions, hysterical belief, circus fire, service stairway, psychological crowd, exterior openings, festival seating, outcome severity, club personnel, high urgency, panic theories, panic behavior, asbestos curtain, exit space, state fire marshal, exit paths, crowd size Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cabaret Room, Cocoanut Grove, Beverly Hills, Melody Lounge, Garden Room, Main Dining Room, Zebra Room, Main Bar, National Fire Protection Association, North-South Corridor, Empire Room, Iroquois Theatre, New Lounge, Twin Towers, World Trade Center, Viennese Room, Barnie Welansky, Hallway of Mirrors, Shawmut Street, Dick Schilling, Vista Hotel, Hartford Circus Fire, Theatre Fire, Tower Two, New York New!
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On Friday, December 27, 1895, the United Oriental and Dramatic Company of Boston was to perform the opera Alexander, in Yiddish, at the Front Street Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
salient path, concert stampede, poor traffic flow, night club fire, gallery promenade, pedestrian traffic flow, balcony promenade, crowd density, passage restrictions, hysterical belief, circus fire, service stairway, psychological crowd, exterior openings, festival seating, outcome severity, club personnel, high urgency, panic theories, panic behavior, asbestos curtain, exit space, state fire marshal, exit paths, crowd size Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cabaret Room, Cocoanut Grove, Beverly Hills, Melody Lounge, Garden Room, Main Dining Room, Zebra Room, Main Bar, National Fire Protection Association, North-South Corridor, Empire Room, Iroquois Theatre, New Lounge, Twin Towers, World Trade Center, Viennese Room, Barnie Welansky, Hallway of Mirrors, Shawmut Street, Dick Schilling, Vista Hotel, Hartford Circus Fire, Theatre Fire, Tower Two, New York New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Cocoanut Grove by Edward Keyes on 6 pages
- World Trade (Today's world) by C.A.R. Hills on 4 pages
- THEORY OF COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR by Smelser on page 9
- Games and Decisions by R. Duncan Luce on page 11
- The Triangle Fire by Leon Stein on page 130
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