Overview

This well-grounded and practical guide highlights the underlying causes of crowd disasters and mass fatalities—giving readers insight into the root causes of crowd-related accidents.

It presents a clearer understanding of crowd dynamics and provides the reader with fundamental modeling techniques to plan, manage, and improve crowd safety in places of public assembly.

The book is written for students and professionals in a number of areas such as event planning, licensing/approval, and event operation, including emergency services.