TY - JOUR
T1 - Physics of Human Crowds
AU - Corbetta, Alessandro
AU - Toschi, Federico
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - active matter
KW - emergent phenomena
KW - human crowd dynamics
KW - observational experiments
KW - pedestrian flows
KW - social physics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85149492756&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031620-100450
DO - 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031620-100450
M3 - Article
SN - 1947-5454
VL - 14
SP - 311
EP - 333
JO - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
JF - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
ER -