Integration of social vulnerability into emergency management plans: designing of evacuation routes against flood disasters

European Geosciences Union General Assembly (2017. Viena)Flash floods are highly spatio-temporal localized flood events characterized by reaching a high peak flow in a very short period of time, i.e. generally with times of concentration lower than six hours. Its short duration, which limits or even voids any warning time, means that flash floods are considered to be one of the most destructive natural hazards with the greatest capacity to generate risk, either in terms of the number of people affected globally or the proportion of individual fatalities. The above highlights the importance of a realistic and appropriate design of evacuation strategies in order to reduce flood-related losses, being evacuation planning considered of critical importance for disaster management. Traditionally, evacuation maps have been based on flood-prone areas, shelters or emergency residences location and evacuation routes information. However, evacuation plans rarely consider the spatial distribution of vulnerable population (i.e. people with special needs, mobility constraints or economic difficulties), which usually require assistance from emergency responders.Departamento de Ingeniería Geológica y Minera, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, EspañaDepartamento de Administración de Empresas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, EspañaInstituto Geológico y Minero de España, Españ