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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2022.38.6.3.5

Explorative Study on Movement Patterns in Uljin-gun and Samcheok-si Wildfire Event  

Jeong, Ji Hye (Disaster Information Research Division, National Disaster Management Research Institute)
Hwang, Woosuk (Disaster Information Research Division, National Disaster Management Research Institute)
Pyo, Kyungsoo (Disaster Information Research Division, National Disaster Management Research Institute)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.38, no.6_3, 2022 , pp. 1805-1815 More about this Journal
Abstract
In 2022, wildfires broke out in Uljin-gun and Samcheok-si, which set the record for the longest forest fire in Korea, but there were no casualties. To protect local residents from wildfires, they must evacuate. Predicting the demand for evacuation in the event of wildfires is essential for the efficiency of disaster management. The purpose of this study is to analyze the human mobility patterns according to the occurrence of Uljin-gun and Samcheok-si wildfires. SKT floating population data was used in this study to analyze the human mobility patterns in Uljin-gun and Samcheok-si. The main findings are as follows. First, while the movement of the resident and visiting population decreased, the movement of the worker population was found to be similar to normal. Second, the resident population of Buk-myeon, Uljin-gun moved to the surrounding area to avoid the wildfires. Third, the region is an area judged to be safe from wildfires, and this mobility patterns are related to emergency disaster text messages. This study confirmed human mobility patterns of the population in the area where the wildfires through the floating population data, which is quantitative data. This suggests that it is important to guide residents to shelters through emergency text messages to minimize damage in the event of wildfires.
Keywords
Wildfire; Floating population; Resident population; Uljin-gun; Samcheok-si;
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