Evaluating the suitability of integrating railways into the disaster preparedness plan | ||||
| Journal of Engineering Science and Military Technologies | ||||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 24 August 2025 | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejmtc.2025.403761.1326 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Azza G Haggag   ; Shaimaa H Zaki
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| Department of Architecture, Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| A few years ago, the world faced a significant increase in flood disasters due to severe climatic changes. It requires immediate action to mitigate damage and losses of lives and assets. Successful evacuation and rapid housing are two phases of disaster risk management. They are joined in a trendy term called disaster preparedness for effective response (PER). Previous flood disasters in various regions, including Germany, Oman, and Sudan, directed the research to essential applications within these phases. Railways are considered a strategic infrastructure. It has numerous capabilities to serve in emergency times, such as speed and capacity. The research discussed the validity of incorporating these capabilities within the preparation and response disaster management phases. By using the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) as an analysis tool, different transport means for evacuation were compared according to evaluation principles. Then, railway design principles as a part of (PER) were ranked according to their weights using the Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS). These principles are classified into railway track design, station design, and platform design. Finally, the study examined the possibility of using train cars (wagons) as a temporary shelter by comparing them with other emergency housing types. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| railway capabilities; evacuation process; disaster preparedness plan; TOPSIS | ||||
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