title: Physics' insights into pedestrian motion and crowd dynamics: reply to comments on "The emergence of design in pedestrian dynamic: locomotion, self-organization, walking paths and constructal law".
abstract: Pedestrians' world is not a static one, but rather one which is constantly in flux. The pedestrian dynamics is subject to a wide range of influences and displays an interesting phenomenology. Along with collective self-organization phenomena (e.g., streams of people, rivers of people, collective synchronization), there are also a multitude of applications in the context of crowd management, design of pedestrian facilities and urban planning. Here, I address comments from the discussants of my review paper from the viewpoint of elementary physics laws paying particular attention to the self-organization phenomena in crowds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Evora University, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000-671 Evora, Portugal. afm@uevora.pt
authors.forename: Antonio F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Miguel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*