Abstract
Understanding the behavior of human crowds is a key step toward a safer society and more livable cities. Despite the individual variability and will of single individuals, human crowds, from dilute to dense, invariably display a remarkable set of universal features and statistically reproducible behaviors. Here, we review ideas and recent progress in employing the language and tools from physics to develop a deeper understanding about the dynamics of pedestrians.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 311-333 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics |
| Volume | 14 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2023 |
Keywords
- active matter
- emergent phenomena
- human crowd dynamics
- observational experiments
- pedestrian flows
- social physics