This dissertation reported on the findings of the characteristics of the pedestrian
flows in Chinese New Year Eve Fair in Hong Kong and, the recommendations to its
crowd control measures. Since most of the pedestrian flow models were developed
for general purposes under normal condition, special models developed specifically
for major events such as bazaars, fairs and festivals in Hong Kong were required to
understand their pedestrian flow patterns. In this dissertation, pedestrian flows in the
Fair were videotaped and data was extracted for calibrating several pedestrian flow
models. These included the conventional models developed by Greenshields,
Greenberg, Pipes-Munjal, Underwood, Drake, Wong et al. and four modifications of
these models for simulating isotropic and bi-directional pedestrian flow scenarios.
The free flow speed of the pedestrians in the Chinese New Year Eve Fair was found
to be around 0.69-0.84 m/s, slower than those identified in other researches. Besides,
the results of these models showed the relationships between walking speed, density
and flow of the pedestrians in the Fair. Also, the effects of bi-directional flow to
pedestrian flows were assessed and quantified. These findings obtained from models
were then used as a basis for formulating crowd control strategy of major events in
Hong Kong. / published_or_final_version / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:HKU/oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/167199 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Wong, Chung-yin, Philip., 黃仲賢. |
| Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
| Source Sets | Hong Kong University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | PG_Thesis |
| Source | http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48194025 |
| Rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works., Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License |
| Relation | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) |
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