Investigating the Resilience of Accessibility to Emergency and Lifesaving Facilities under Natural Hazards [supporting dataset]

Details

• Creators:
  Wang, Chih-Hao ; Chen, Na
• Corporate Creators:
  Mineta Transportation Institute ; San Jose State University. College of Business
• Corporate Contributors:
  State of California SB1 2017/2018, Trustees of the California State University Sponsored Programs Administration ; California State University, Fresno. Fresno State Transportation Institute (FSTI)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Accessibility Data Files Disaster Resilience Hazards High Risk Locations Hotspot Analysis Statistical Sampling
• Publication/ Report Number:
  22-21
• Resource Type:
  Dataset
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; California
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mineta Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Studying accessibility, including the resilience of city transportation networks, is critical to understand how these networks influence individuals’ mobility and lives. This study developed an analytical research framework to examine the resilience of accessibility to emergency and lifesaving facilities under the threats of natural hazards such as earthquakes and wildfires. With a cumulative-opportunity approach, the authors measured accessibility by counting emergency and lifesaving facilities (including parks, schools, hospitals, roads, and fire stations) that can be reached by driving at the census tract level in San Fernando Valley, CA. With the calculated accessibility, the authors run simulations to collect data showing what would happen if an area were affected a selected disaster. They then used statistical analysis to identify those areas where accessibility is significantly reduced compared to the original status. A normalized difference accessibility index (NDAI) was further created to suggest plans and strategies to help those vulnerable areas through adding facilities/services or improving transportation infrastructure.
  
  The total size of the described zip file is 29.85KB. The ZIP file for this dataset contains files with the following file extensions: CSV files can be viewed in a spreadsheet software such as Excel or in a text file reader such as Notepad. PKL files can be viewed in systems that use python such as PyCharm or any other open-source Python software.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  National Transportation Library (NTL) Curation Note: As this dataset is preserved in a repository outside U.S. DOT control, as allowed by the U.S. DOT’s Public Access Plan (https://doi.org/10.21949/1503647) Section 7.4.2 Data, the NTL staff has performed NO additional curation actions on this dataset. The current level of dataset documentation is the responsibility of the dataset creator. NTL staff last accessed this dataset at [https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/86000/86300/86369/2126-Wang-Lifesaving-Facilities-Natural-Hazards.pdf] on [Date 2022-10-16]. If, in the future, you have trouble accessing this dataset at the host repository, please email NTLDataCurator@dot.gov describing your problem. NTL staff will do its best to assist you at that time.
• Format:
  ZIP
• Funding:
  ZSB12017-SJAUX
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a332452f53087eb0550dc07624b85207afc387e2662c486e5af88f65b65ffc76
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64563/dot_64563_DS1.zip
• File Type:
  [ZIP - 29.15 MB ]