?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Mapping+spatiotemporal+patterns+of+disabled+people%3A+The+case+of+the+St.+Jude%E2%80%99s+storm+emergency&rft.creator=Bantis%2C+T&rft.creator=Haworth%2C+J&rft.creator=Holloway%2C+C&rft.creator=Twigg%2C+J&rft.description=Emergency+management+can+greatly+benefit+from+an+understanding+of+the+spatiotemporal+distribution+of+individual+population+groups+because+it+optimizes+the+allocation+of+resources+and+personnel+needed+in+case+of+an+emergency+caused+by+a+disaster.+In+practice%2C+however%2C+vulnerable+population+groups%2C+such+as+people+with+disability%2C+tend+to+be+overlooked+by+emergency+officials.+Tasks+such+as+identifying+people+who+are+vulnerable+in+an+emergency+generally+are+approached+statically+using+census+data%2C+without+taking+into+account+the+spatiotemporal+dynamics+of+disabled+people%E2%80%99s+concentrations+as+observed+in+large+metropolitan+areas+such+as+London%2C+United+Kingdom.+Transport+data+gathered+by+automatic+fare+collection+methods+combined+with+accessibility+covariates+have+the+potential+of+being+a+good+source+for+describing+the+distribution+of+this+concentration.+As+a+case+study%2C+data+from+the+peak+of+the+St.+Jude%E2%80%99s+Day+storm+in+London+on+October+28%2C+2013%2C+were+used+to+model+the+within-day+fluctuation+of+disabled+people%2C+employing+discrete+spatiotemporal+variation+methods.+Specifically%2C+Poisson+spatiotemporal+generalized+linear+models+were+built+within+a+hierarchical+framework%2C+ranging+from+simple+to+more+complex+ones%2C+taking+into+account+spatiotemporal+interactions+that+emerge+between+space-time+units.+The+performance+of+the+resulting+models+in+terms+of+their+ability+to+explain+the+effects+of+the+covariates%2C+as+well+as+predict+future+disabled+peoples+counts%2C+were+compared+relative+to+each+other+using+the+deviance+information+criterion+and+posterior+predictive+check+criterion.+Analysis+of+results+revealed+a+distinct+spatiotemporal+pattern+of+disabled+transport+users+that+potentially+could+be+used+by+emergency+planners+to+inform+their+decisions.&rft.publisher=Springer&rft.contributor=Griffith%2C+Daniel+A&rft.contributor=Chun%2C+Yongwan&rft.contributor=Dean%2C+Denis+J&rft.date=2017-01-05&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A+Griffith%2C+Daniel+A+and+Chun%2C+Yongwan+and+Dean%2C+Denis+J%2C+(eds.)+Advances+in+Geocomputation%3A+Geocomputation+2015--The+13th+International+Conference.++(pp.+pp.+97-113).++Springer%3A+Cham%2C+Switzerland.+(2017)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1543481%2F1%2FHaworth_GC15revisedFinal.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1543481%2F&rft.rights=open