Personalized Evacuation Routing (PER) System

Earthquakes, fires, floods, acts of terrorism and other catastrophes the may occur in urban areas are an important concern for emergency services. As decision-makers become increasingly aware of the importance of preparedness, advanced technology is proving to be a critical tool for turning vast amounts of urban data into actionable insights. This is particularly true for cities like Venice, whose geographical complexity presents specific logistical challenges. The city of Venice is composed of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. Moreover, the historical area of Venice is usually overcrowded with unprepared tourists walking in an unknown city that has 95% of its territory at flooding risk. The intricate network of narrow lanes and canals in Venice makes traditional evacuation strategies inadequate. Protecting both residents and the millions of tourists who visit Venice yearly is a real challenge. Innovative solutions that capture, analyse and employ the extreme data available to the city are crucial for addressing these unique challenges for crisis management. Integrating data from a wide range of sources, including urban infrastructure information, real-time citizen behavior, urban internet of things (IoT) sensors, 5G cellular information, simulated data, geographical information from Galileo and Copernicus initiatives, digital twins and AI technology, offers city administrators the opportunity to create sophisticated data-driven solutions. Using this technology to analyse and employ extreme data allows for faster response times and more effective evacuation stratgies. The EXTRACT project is harnessing the power of data and testing its technology in a  Personalized Evacuation Route (PER) use case based in Venice that will serve to guide citizens in an urban environment  through a safe route in real time. This use case demonstrates the value of EXTRACT technologies for addressing challenges with high geographical and social complexity. EXTRACT project technology optimizes and accelerates decision-making strategies by offering the means to collect, process, fuse and semantically annotate the extreme data available via disparate sources (city sensors, 5G networks, Copernicus, Galileo).