Thursday, April 24, 2008,
Crowds are increasingly difficult to manage. What suggestions have you for controlling the behavior of a large group of people?
In our globalizing society, there would always be more shops and companies being set up worldwide. Therefore, there would often be crowds and the need for crowd control. Riots and food donations to beggars are often held in large groups, and sometimes violence and force would prevail, either of conflict of ideas or impatience, respectively, therefore increasing the need of crowd control.
Large events like fairs, conventions and show rooms would require large and secure crowd control. In Singapore’s Expo, a convention centre, different types of conventions and fairs are being held, at the same time. Many of the fairs at Expo, have a certain layout, starting from the entrance, which branches out to either straight or left or right directions. The booths are set up for different companies to promote their product. Usually, these booths would be accompanied by a sales representative of the different companies. Using a maze layout, it would help to manage crowd without needing much security. Products can also be efficiently promoted, due to the layout. People would not get lost easily due to confine space. After walking for a long distance, people would be tired out and refreshments would help to stabilize people’s moods. Organizers of such fair could also restrict the number of people attending the fairs or conventions by limiting the sales of ticket or making it private, not opened to the public.
In densely populated areas like airports, which have relatively large areas compared to Expo, another way is to use heavy security and information booths. Heavy security in a certain area would be a signal to people that it is restricted. Shops and restaurants would also help meet the needs and wants of people, and quality services would further ensure that people would not be easily agitated.
In schools, without controlling and organizing large number of students, it would be chaos. Some ways to control the student crowd would be to have good teachers and probably a psychologist if the teachers cannot calm the students down.
In conclusion, efficient ways to manage crowds would be to provide quality services, change the layout of the place and have efficient courteous security stuff. In this way, it would lessen the chance of having an emotionally unstable crowd, wrecking havoc.Labels: Crowds are increasingly difficult to manage. What suggestions have you for controlling the behaviour of a large group of people?
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