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Assessing the Probability of Extreme Event Risks During Aircraft Operation in the Context of Urban Air Mobility Development

open access: yesAerospace
Rapid urban air mobility (UAM) developments and new classes of vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft have changed the safety paradigm in urban airspace.
Kayrat Koshekov   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A review of in-flight emergencies in the ASRS data base [PDF]

open access: yes
A series of 154 in-flight emergencies as reported to the Aviation Safety Reporting System are described. The various types of emergencies are examined and an attempt is made to determine the human errors and other factors associated with each incident ...
Porter, R. F.
core   +1 more source

Beyond Efficiency: Sufficiency Strategies for Sustainable Development in the Housing and Building Sectors

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the housing and building sectors face the urgent challenge of decarbonization, attention is increasingly shifting beyond conventional efficiency strategies toward the principle of sufficiency. This study explores how sufficiency can reshape the housing landscape, although there is no standardized understanding of sufficiency in these ...
Anne Fischer, Marlen Gabriele Arnold
wiley   +1 more source

Small V/STOL aircraft analysis, volume 1 [PDF]

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A study has been made of the economic viability of advanced V/STOL aircraft concepts in performing general aviation missions. A survey of general aviation aircraft users, operators, and manufacturers indicated that personnel transport missions formulated
Belina, F. W., Smith, K. R., Jr.
core   +1 more source

Symbols of Climate Action: Audit Labor and the Production of Carbon Credits

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) are promoted as tools for financing climate mitigation, yet their effectiveness and credibility remain contested. This article examines how carbon credits are produced and destabilized as symbols of climate action, emphasizing the forms of ecological and audit labor that sustain their legitimacy.
Diego Silva Garzón
wiley   +1 more source

Residential location choice: an investigation of transportation, public facilities, and social factors

open access: yesComputational Urban Science
Residential location choice is a crucial topic in transportation planning research since land use as well as residential land use can significantly affect a city's attractiveness for development and residence.
Hamed Rajabi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Commuting Mode on Obesity Among a Working Population in Beijing, China: Adjusting for Air Pollution

open access: yesDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2020
Yue Liu,1,2,* Lixin Tao,1,2,* Jie Zhang,1,2 Jia Liu,1,2 Haibin Li,1,2 Xiangtong Liu,1,2 Yanxia Luo,1,2 Jingbo Zhang,3 Wei Wang,4 Xiuhua Guo1,2 1Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing,
Liu Y   +9 more
doaj  

Carbon fiber air taxis

open access: yesReinforced Plastics, 2021
openaire   +1 more source

Accident investigation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
Aircraft accident investigations are discussed with emphasis on those accidents that involved weather as a contributing factor. The organization of the accident investigation board for air carrier accidents is described along with the hearings, and ...
Brunstein, A. I.
core   +1 more source

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