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Social Inclusion, 2018 A high number of legal changes accompanied the increase of people seeking asylum in Germany throughout the 18th legislative period from 2013–2017. These changes have transformed the field of humanitarian reception in Germany, especially along the axes of
Anne-Kathrin Will
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smart cities and urban digital twins have fostered the emergence of immersive environments, such as the metaverse. While contemporary scholarlship has increasingly examined the integration of the metaverse within smart city infrastructures, the critical nexus between urban sustainability and the metaverse remains largely under‐researched. This
Jose Manuel Diaz‐Sarachaga +1 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been identified as a potential catalyst for a paradigm shift within the construction industry, due to its capacity to enhance sustainability, reduce waste, and augment design flexibility. This study presents a systematic literature review (SLR) that explores the application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in ...
Antonio Mastropasqua +3 more
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BIM UNDERSTANDING AND ACTIVITIES [PDF]
WIT Transactions on The Built Environment, 2017 The AECOO (architects, engineers, contractors, operators, owners) industry is moving toward increased digitalization. This unstoppable process requires a clear understanding of the important elements required to reach the defined objectives. The change of process – how we work and interact – is often highlighted as one of the most important objectives ...
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AI‐Driven Circular Construction Waste Management for Advancing Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Construction and demolition waste (C&DW) represents up to 40% of global solid waste, posing a significant barrier to achieving circular economy (CE) objectives and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 11 and SDG 12. However, construction waste management (CWM) systems remain constrained by fragmented data environments ...
Mohamed T. Elnabwy, Pablo Martinez
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Mechanik, 2015 BIM is relatively new, but rapidly growing in popularity approach to design, construction and management in building industry. Data interoperability is a key enabler to achieving the goal of a BIM process. IFC is a common data schema that makes it possible to exchange relevant data between different software applications.
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Investigating the Digital Effective Criteria for Sustainable Construction in Norway
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The construction industry generates substantial amounts of waste and contributes to increasing the amount of waste in landfills. To reach the Sustainability Development Goals, the construction industry needs to further develop waste management (WM) strategies.
Rashid Maqbool, Therese Heidelberg
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Alexandria Engineering JournalIn the energy harvesting field, it is critical to efficiently convert ambient vibrations into usable electrical energy, especially under conditions characterized by low amplitude and random excitations.
Dawei Man +6 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The adoption of geospatial and digital technologies, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building Information Modelling (BIM), Digital Twins, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), is increasingly recognised as key enablers of sustainable development.
Monica C. M. Parlato, Andrea Pezzuolo
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Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract Automating bridge inspections requires more than detecting individual damage instances. It demands systems capable of describing, contextualizing, and interpreting damage in an inspection‐relevant manner. Conventional computer vision approaches, such as object detection and segmentation, primarily address visual recognition tasks and are ...
Rona Firdes Çelik +2 more
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