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A Proposal for Rapid Assessment of Long-Distance Oil and Gas Pipelines After Earthquakes
Applied SciencesA substantial proportion of long-distance oil and gas pipelines in China traverse active faults and high-risk areas characterised by intricate topographic and geological environments.
Hongyuan Jing +5 more
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MethodsX, 2018 Probabilistic and deterministic seismic soil liquefaction triggering methodologies are proposed in Cetin et al. [1]. This manuscript: i) presents the protocols, which need to be followed for the correct use of this methodology for forward engineering ...
K. Onder Cetin +6 more
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Resource capability for local government in mainstreaming gender into disaster risk reduction: evidence from Indonesia [PDF]
, 2015 Understanding how local government responds to gender vulnerability and gender capacity is important to make cities safer both for women and for men.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Yumarni, Tri
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2017 Nuclear power plants under expansion and under construction in China are mostly located in coastal areas, which means they are at risk of suffering strong earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis.
Feng Lin, Hongzhi Li
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Global Employment Trends: Brief, October 2005 [PDF]
, 2005 [Excerpt] The region affected by the tragic earthquake that struck on October 8 has large numbers of poor with little savings and who therefore rely heavily on their own labour for their survival.
International Labour Office
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Response-Spectrum Uncoupled Analyses for Seismic Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbines
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2018 According to International Standards and Guidelines, the seismic assessment of offshore wind turbines in seismically-active areas may be performed by combining two uncoupled analyses under wind-wave and earthquake loads, respectively.
Giuseppe Failla +4 more
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Seismic vulnerability assessment and evaluation of high rise buildings in Islamabad [PDF]
, 2012 Primarily the aim of this research is to carry out seismic evaluation study of buildings structures in Islamabad in order to propose basic guidelines and suggestions for Pakistan Code.
Alam, Z., Bhatti, A. Q., Varum, H.
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Climate change and disaster impact reduction [PDF]
, 2008 Based on papers presented at the 'UK - South Asia Young Scientists and Practitioners Seminar on Climate Change and Disaster Impact Reduction' held at Kathmandu, Nepal on 5-6 June ...
Aryal, Komal, Gadema, Zaina
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HeritageAfter an earthquake, legislation tends to permit the rapid demolition of damaged buildings, including the built heritage, for safety reasons, as was the case for many small historic centers after the 2016 earthquake in central Italy. A balance should, of
Giuliana Cardani, Elsa Garavaglia
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, 2015 Safety assessments of geological radioactive waste disposal systems, need to consider the abnormal scenario in which a system is impacted by external events in addition to a reference scenario. In this study, the characterization and prediction of an earthquake as an external event which will impact disposal systems were conducted probabilistically and
Jung-Woo Kim +3 more
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