Shale gas development and community response: perspectives from Treaty 8 territory,British Columbia

Northeast British Columbia (BC), Canada, is the site of a fast-growing shale gas industry that is a cornerstone of the current provincial government's economic policy. In this paper, we explore the perspectives of local First Nations (members of Treaty 8) regarding governance of this industry, focusing in particular on the experiences of the Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN). Based on findings from 15 in-depth interviews with staff from four Treaty 8 First Nations, the Treaty 8 Tribal Association, oil and gas companies, and the Government of BC, we argue that current governance processes fail to adequately protect the environment and treaty rights. We also explore the diverse tactics that the FNFN is using to gain influence over shale gas development within its territories as the Nation seeks to achieve “balanced development” that protects the local ecology and treaty rights while maximising local economic benefits. Through an array of tactics and collaboration with diverse actors, the FNFN has been partially successful in challenging industry's social license to operate and has brought the provincial government back to the table to negotiate new decision-making arrangements on a “government to government” basis. Still, the regulation and management of a fast-paced global industry are a vast burden for a small community to bear. The FNFN's work has also shown the need for further research on how local efforts for equitable and environmentally sustainable approaches to shale gas regulation can be scaled up, institutionalised, and used to create political opportunities in other contexts.     

Mother Nature versus human nature: public compliance with evacuation and quarantine

Effectively controlling the spread of contagious illnesses has become a critical focus of disaster planning. It is likely that quarantine will be a key part of the overall public health strategy utilised during a pandemic, an act of bioterrorism or other emergencies involving contagious agents. While the United States lacks recent experience of large-scale quarantines, it has considerable accumulated experience of large-scale evacuations. Risk perception, life circumstance, work-related issues, and the opinions of influential family, friends and credible public spokespersons all play a role in determining compliance with an evacuation order. Although the comparison is not reported elsewhere to our knowledge, this review of the principal factors affecting compliance with evacuations demonstrates many similarities with those likely to occur during a quarantine. Accurate identification and understanding of barriers to compliance allows for improved planning to protect the public more effectively.     

火灾疏散中羊群效应的理论探析与模拟研究

将羊群效应这个社会行为学概念引申到火灾安全科学领域,运用信息阶梯式传播的社会心理学理论,解释紧急疏散中可能存在的羊群效应。以＂信息传播＂和＂情感传染＂的视角,分析了羊群效应的形成过程、机理和特征,同时指出羊群效应的两种随机性。以某大型阅览室为例,运用计算机数值模拟和虚拟现实技术,设置多种有羊群行为的疏散场景,测试羊群效应及两种随机性对疏散的影响。结论表明：非理性的羊群效应显著增加了必须疏散时间,降低了群体疏散效率和人员疏散可靠性,增大了疏散失败和拥挤踩踏的风险。建议火灾风险评价、应急预案制定和疏散设计应考虑羊群行为等极端情况下对疏散出口个数、疏散出口宽度、疏散距离、疏散路线、疏散方式的影响。     

Research on OREMS-based large-scale emergency evacuation using vehicles

In densely populated urban areas, in the event of the toxic gases leak, how to accurately determine the risky zone and take effective measures to evacuate inhabitants quickly out of dangerous areas and minimize the unexpected losses is a tropical topic in China. First, the ALOHA code defined any interested accidents scenarios. For any different exposure times and concentrations, the distances down wind direction could be determined, which eventually generated the dead zone, wounded zone, injured zone and evacuation zone. Then, it presented the procedure of an emergency evacuation routes selection, the choice of the principle of refuges and shelters for evacuated inhabitants, as well as evacuation traffic organizations, vehicle assignments, real-time communications and other traffic evacuation strategies. Finally, the OREMS code was proposed to study the sudden leak accident and design emergency response policies (ERP). A sudden gaseous leakage incident in Tianjin Olympic stadium was chosen as an example to verify the raw ERP including the evacuation road network design, the evacuation time for vehicles, vehicle running conditions and the possible road congestions. Results showed that when the radium of the emergency evacuation scope is about 3 km, the time for evacuation of 50% vehicles is proper.     

基于性能化防火设计的建筑“准安全区”判定方法

为判定人员疏散过程中"准安全区"的安全性,采用基于性能化防火设计的方法对建筑"准安全区"的安全性进行判定。"准安全区"内烟气热辐射、烟气能见度及有毒气体等有害因素的指标必须达到"准安全区"规定的指标要求。发生火灾时,"准安全区"内距离地面2 m以下烟气层温度不应超过60℃,烟气层能见度不应小于10 m,烟气层CO浓度不应大于5×10-4mol/mol。工程应用中可根据"准安全区"各性能判定标准,通过火灾模拟软件模拟分析火灾场景下"准安全区"内各有害因素的性能参数分布,对"准安全区"的安全性进行定性、定量评估。     

基于多事故模式的有毒易燃气体道路运输泄漏事故应急疏散范围研究

为确定有毒易燃气体道路运输泄漏事故应急救援的应急疏散范围,降低人员伤亡程度,在对泄漏事故及后续次生灾害演化模式分析的基础上,提出了基于多事故模式的应急疏散范围综合确定方法,分析了多事故模式后果预测的相关理论,明确了应急疏散区域综合确定的步骤和流程。以道路运输氨气泄漏事故为例,采用MATLAB软件对不同时间下的中毒和蒸气云爆炸事故伤害范围分别进行了数值模拟研究。结果表明：相较于单一事故模式,基于多事故模式的应急疏散范围综合确定方法更为科学、合理和准确,能为有毒易燃气体道路运输泄漏事故的应急疏散提供更加精确和可靠的决策依据。     

地铁枢纽车站大客流疏散性能评估及策略优化研究*

为分析大型地铁枢纽车站人员疏散通过能力、疏散瓶颈位置和车站疏散策略优化方案,利用数值模拟研究某大型整体式站厅枢纽换乘车站人员疏散过程。研究结果表明:楼扶梯和出入口是车站疏散过程中的关键瓶颈,当疏散通过能力较大的出入口E或楼扶梯组8停止使用时,导致站厅疏散时长和站台疏散时长大幅增加;采用引导乘客均匀使用各楼扶梯疏散以及站厅增加应急出口等优化措施,可显著提高车站疏散效率。     

Survey-based analysis on the diffusion of evacuation advisory warnings during regional evacuations for accidents that release toxic vapors: A case study

This paper analyzes the diffusion of evacuation advisory warnings during regional evacuations for accidents that release toxic vapors. Investigations results on the propagation of evacuation advisory warnings in the ‘4.16’ chlorine release and the explosion accident at Chongqing Tianyuan Chemical Factory in China, and a comparison analysis of the evacuation notification process of six typical leakage accidents are presented in this paper. After conducting the evacuation notification investigation on the ‘4.16’ accident, in which 401 valid questionnaires were collected from people who should have evacuated during the accident, the methods and channels of the evacuation notification, the notification efficiency, and the actual response efficiency of the recipients after the issuing of the evacuation advisory warnings were analyzed. A comparison analysis of the evacuation notification process is performed by analyzing six typical leakage accidents, and basic principles of evacuation notification for a regional evacuation for toxic vapor release accidents are proposed.     

地震后应急避难场所的运行管理

在对2010年青海玉树7.1级地震、2012年云南彝良5.7、5.6级地震、2013年四川芦山7.0级地震和甘肃岷县漳县6.6级地震应急避难和灾民安置工作进行现场调查和访谈的基础上,从避难场所指挥管理、避难人员管理、应急物资发放、灾民临时住宿、避难场所医疗防疫、卫生和便民服务等方面进行了对比研究,总结经验教训,为未来可能发生的地震应急避难和避难场所的运行管理工作提供参考和借鉴。     

地铁应急疏散恐慌程度模型研究

为研究地铁应急疏散情况下人员恐慌程度,建立地铁应急疏散恐慌程度模型。首先根据恐慌心理量表和调查问卷得到恐慌程度影响因素及其分类,并确定各影响因素权重值。在北京地铁军博站进行应急疏散模拟试验。根据试验数据修正模型中相关事故经历因素,得到地铁应急疏散恐慌程度最终优化模型。结果表明,地铁应急疏散恐慌程度受年龄、携带行李情况、接受安全教育程度、相关事故灾害经历等人员个体因素,以及人员密度、疏散环境复杂程度、事故灾害发生位置等环境因素影响。应急疏散恐慌程度模型计算结果和应急疏散模拟试验结果相近。