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Wildland–urban interface expansion: Towards comprehensive planning processes

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 754-766, March 2026.
Abstract Wildland–urban interface (WUI) expansion is accelerating in numerous regions around the world due to increasing amenity‐led migration processes, defined as the movement of people seeking higher environmental quality. While WUI areas are complex social–ecological systems requiring holistic planning and management, they are usually approached ...
Clara Mosso, Stephanie Kampf, Andrea Baudoin Farah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aplicación de vehículo aéreo no tripulado para la identificación de riesgos en proyectos de construcción

Revista del Instituto de Investigación de la Facultad de Minas, Metalurgia y Ciencias Geográficas
El presente artículo tiene como propósito generar nuevos conocimientos sobre el uso de vehículos aéreos no tripulados (drones) en la identificación de riesgos laborales en proyectos de construcción en el Perú.
Ronald Antonio Julca Alcántara, Lucila Del Carmen Vallejo Romo   +1 more
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Risks of Time and Chronology as an Underpinning Infrastructure for Critical Systems: Emerging Chronorisks and Chronosecurity Needs

Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 7, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT Time and chronology form the invisible architecture upon which modern civilization depends, governing synchronization across markets, power grids, communication networks, transportation, and defense. Yet, this shared temporal framework, engineered through atomic clocks, satellites, and digital synchronization, faces growing vulnerabilities ...
Bilal M. Ayyub
wiley   +1 more source

Blockchain and Quantum Technologies for Securing the Global Nuclear Supply Chain: Synergies, Applications, Technical Challenges and Opportunities

Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 7, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT The infiltration of counterfeit, fraudulent, and suspect items into civil nuclear supply chains, notably within power generation and medical isotope production, poses severe safety and security threats. The ever‐increasing growth in nuclear installations (70 power plants are under construction and another 100 are in the planning stage) and the
Hafiz Ahmed
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Demanda de inversión y evaluación de riesgos de proyectos de cooperación en infraestructura entre China y países latinoamericanos y sugerencias relevantes

Sino-Iberoamerican Interaction
Durante mucho tiempo, los países latinoamericanos han enfrentado un déficit en la construcción de infraestructuras, lo cual se ha convertido en un “cuello de botella” que ha restringido su desarrollo económico sostenible. Hasta ahora, aún existe una gran
Liu Peng
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Transformations, Emergencies, and Disasters in Los Angeles: Constructing Civilian Unpreparedness as a Public Policy Issue (1940–1980) 洛杉矶的城市转型、紧急情况和灾害:将公民的准备不足建构为公共政策问题(1940年至1980年) Transformaciones Urbanas, Emergencias y Desastres En Los Ángeles: La Construcción De La Falta De Preparación Civil Como Un Problema De Política Pública (1940–1980)

Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores the sociohistorical construction of civilian unpreparedness as a public policy issue in Los Angeles, arguing that it emerged not as a neutral response to escalating urban risks, but as a mechanism through which actors negotiated power dynamics amid urban transformations between 1940 and 1980.
Piero Tellerías Melgarejo
wiley   +1 more source

Análisis de los riesgos musculoesqueléticos asociados a los trabajos de ferrallas. Buenas prácticas

Revista Ingeniería de Construcción, 2011
Los problemas musculo-esquelético suponen un 45% de las lesiones profesionales. Concretamente, los trabajadores que trabajan en las distintas actividades relacionadas con la producción y puesta en obra de la ferralla están expuestos a una gran cantidad ...
Mónica López Alonso, Mª Dolores Martínez Aires, Esther Martín González   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

TOUCHED BY DEEP TIME: Earthquake Sickness in Mexico City

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 463-492, August 2025.
ABSTRACT In Mexico City, earthquakes are so frightening that they make residents sick. Sometimes referred to as being tocado (touched), the illness might be considered part of the “culture‐bound syndrome” known as susto throughout the Spanish‐speaking Americas, where acute experiences of shock—such as being trapped in a shaking building—induce chronic ...
LACHLAN SUMMERS
wiley   +1 more source

Relación entre la percepción de accidentes de trabajadores de construcción y la gestión de riesgos

Industrial Data
La mayoría de los accidentes de trabajo ocurren como consecuencia de la falta de implementación de acciones preventivas que garanticen un ambiente de trabajo seguro.
Lucila del Carmen Vallejo Romo, Lorena Paola Sevillano Monterroso   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Gap: InSAR, Urban Subsidence, and the Imperative for Proactive Resilience in South Florida

Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 6, Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2025.
ABSTRACT Recent advances in interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) provide millimeter‐scale resolution monitoring of ground deformation in urban coastal environments, repeatedly highlighting the vulnerability of regions like South Florida.
Jean‐Pierre Bardet
wiley   +1 more source