Special Issue on Fire Safety and Pedestrian Traffic

In the rapid development of digital and intelligent age, the widespread application of new technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, cloud computing and virtual reality has significantly changed human behavior patterns and management modes of urban architecture and urban traffic. These changes bring not only opportunities but also new challenges to the safe and sustainable development of city buildings and transportation systems.

This special issue will focus on the hotspot closely related to urban safety — fire safety and pedestrian traffic — with the goal of deepening our understanding of fire hazard prevention and control while propelling the development of crowd safety management in safe and smart cities. We invite contributions on this critical topic, offering a platform for academicians, researchers and professionals to share and discuss various aspects of this subject.

Topics of interest include the latest theories, technologies, methods, limitations and challenges for fire safety and pedestrian traffic in public and academic domains.

We look forward to your valuable contributions!

Topics covered but not limited:

• Risk analysis and assessment of fire hazards
• Fire detection and prediction
• Fire spread and development
• Fire suppression and protection
• Material structure and behavior in fire
• Human behavior and evacuation dynamic
• Evacuation strategy and evacuation system
• Risk assessment for dense crowd

Important Deadlines:

• 31 November 2024

Submission Instructions:

Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting. All articles should be submitted online, please select [Fire Safety and Pedestrian Traffic] on submission.

Guest Editors:

• Kaiyuan Li, School of Safety Science and Emergency Management, Wuhan University of Technology, China
• Anthony Abu, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Shaohua Mao, Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, China
• Yaping Ma, School of Safety Science and Emergency Management, Wuhan University of Technology, China. 

For any inquiries about the appropriateness of contribution topics, please contact mayp18@whut.edu.cn