HEvOD: A database of hurricane evacuation orders in the United States
Abstract Assessing and improving the effectiveness of evacuation orders is critical to improving hurricane emergency response, particularly as the frequency of hurricanes increases in the United States. However, our understanding of causal relationships between evacuation orders and evacuation decis...
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| description | Abstract Assessing and improving the effectiveness of evacuation orders is critical to improving hurricane emergency response, particularly as the frequency of hurricanes increases in the United States. However, our understanding of causal relationships between evacuation orders and evacuation decision-making is still limited, in large part due to the lack of standardized, high-temporal-resolution data on historical evacuation orders. To overcome this gap, we developed the Hurricane Evacuation Order Database (HEvOD) – a comprehensive database of hurricane evacuation orders issued in the United States between 2014 and 2022. The database features evacuation orders that were systematically retrieved and compiled from a wide range of resources and includes information on order type, announcement time, effective time, and evacuation area. The rich collection of attributes and the resolution of the data in the database will allow researchers to systematically investigate the impact of evacuation orders, as a vital public policy instrument, and can serve as an important resource to identify gaps in current policies, leading to more effective policy design in response to hurricanes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-569e42e09cd5466fb524befec2e8e8c92024-03-05T17:39:05ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632024-03-011111910.1038/s41597-024-03100-xHEvOD: A database of hurricane evacuation orders in the United StatesHarsh Anand0Negin Alemazkoor1Majid Shafiee-Jood2Department of Systems and Information Engineering, University of VirginiaDepartment of Systems and Information Engineering, University of VirginiaDepartment of Systems and Information Engineering, University of VirginiaAbstract Assessing and improving the effectiveness of evacuation orders is critical to improving hurricane emergency response, particularly as the frequency of hurricanes increases in the United States. However, our understanding of causal relationships between evacuation orders and evacuation decision-making is still limited, in large part due to the lack of standardized, high-temporal-resolution data on historical evacuation orders. To overcome this gap, we developed the Hurricane Evacuation Order Database (HEvOD) – a comprehensive database of hurricane evacuation orders issued in the United States between 2014 and 2022. The database features evacuation orders that were systematically retrieved and compiled from a wide range of resources and includes information on order type, announcement time, effective time, and evacuation area. The rich collection of attributes and the resolution of the data in the database will allow researchers to systematically investigate the impact of evacuation orders, as a vital public policy instrument, and can serve as an important resource to identify gaps in current policies, leading to more effective policy design in response to hurricanes.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03100-x |
| spellingShingle | Harsh Anand Negin Alemazkoor Majid Shafiee-Jood HEvOD: A database of hurricane evacuation orders in the United States Scientific Data |
| title | HEvOD: A database of hurricane evacuation orders in the United States |
| title_full | HEvOD: A database of hurricane evacuation orders in the United States |
| title_fullStr | HEvOD: A database of hurricane evacuation orders in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | HEvOD: A database of hurricane evacuation orders in the United States |
| title_short | HEvOD: A database of hurricane evacuation orders in the United States |
| title_sort | hevod a database of hurricane evacuation orders in the united states |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03100-x |
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