During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare facilities worldwide have been overwhelmed by
the amount of coronavirus patients needed to be served. Similarly, the US also experienced …

Abstract System-wide functionality failure emerges when a collection of components
collapse simultaneously. Aiming to detect the early warning of the rapid critical facilities …

The demand for mental health services has been growing stronger over the last couple of
decades. This indicates the need to study and assess the access to these mental health …

Public transit offers older adults an important alternative travel mode for accessing social
activity destinations. Given the growing size and socioeconomic diversity of the older …

Roadway closures magnify the adverse effects of disasters on people since any type of such
disruption increases the emergency response travel time (ERTT), which is of central …

Public libraries are critical community facilities through which librarians support their
communities before, during, and after natural disasters such as hurricanes. In their disaster …

Post-hurricane accessibility to critical facilities is crucial for accelerating the recovery
process, which can often be disrupted by hurricane-induced flooding. The State of Florida is …

Previous studies have examined hospital accessibility issues, and other work has
exhaustively investigated several aspects of roadway crashes, such as their severity and …

Florida's emergency relief operations were significantly affected by recent hurricanes such
as Hermine and Irma that caused massive roadway and power system distributions. During …

Objectives Pets influence evacuation decisions, but little is known about pet-friendly
emergency shelters' availability or older adults' need for them. Our study addresses this …