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300 Years of Degradation in Wales Estuaries and Coasts
Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The world's oceans are in a severe state of degradation, yet our understanding of that degradation is often based on changes observed only in the past 20–50 years. This narrow view leads to marine conservation efforts that aim to preserve already degraded ecosystems, shaped by shifted ecological baselines.
Richard K. F. Unsworth +3 more
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Geogrid Reinforced Clay Slopes in a Test Embankment
, 1994 A 12m high geogrid reinforced cohesive soil test embankment with 45¯ sides slopes has been built near Devon, Alberta, Canada. The embankment has four test sections: three are reinforced with different geogrids, and one section is unreinforced.
Scott, J. D., Sego, D. C., Liu, Y.
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Results in EngineeringThis study investigates the performance of a lightweight clay-air foam embankment on soft Bangkok clay through a full-scale test and 3D numerical analysis using PLAXIS 3D.
Phermphorn Buathong +2 more
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Dutch dilemma: Housing prices and flood risk exposure
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This article studies the impact of flood risk exposure on housing prices in a major river delta. Analyzing 1.8 million property transactions from 1998 to 2023 in the Netherlands, we find an average price discount of 1.1%. We observe considerable heterogeneity in price effects driven by exposure intensity, institutional settings that vary ...
Piet Eichholtz +2 more
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Capitalizing flood risk protective measures in residential real estate
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study utilizes 1.4 million residential transactions incorporating flood hazard estimates derived from a nationwide elevation model and hydrological data to examine the role of flood protections to mitigate the negative impact of flood risk on home prices.
Muhammad Ramzan Kalhoro +3 more
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Evaluation of seismic mitigation of embankment model [PDF]
Fracture and Structural Integrity, 2009 Conducting experiment on embankment model by shaking table could be an accurate method to evaluate the behavior of embankment or any structures under seismic loading.
Abdoullah Namdar
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The Anthropocene and the End of Nuclear Disaster: Normalizing the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article places the concept of disaster in critical dialogue with that of the Anthropocene, which introduces new imaginaries that negatively affect the governance of crises like nuclear accidents. I argue that tropes surrounding the Anthropocene can depict certain events as apocalyptic calamities while also portraying other events as mere “
Maxime Polleri
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Analisis Deformasi Vertikal Dan Horisontal Tanah Lunak Di Bawahpiled-Geogrid Supported Embankment
Dinamika Rekayasa, 2010 Soft soil was easily founded in Indonesia. it was a low permeability soil. Constructing building such as embankment, roads on this kind of soil often faced problems. They were long term settlement, long term construction time and consolidation.
Adhe Noor Patria
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Assessing the Impact of Urbanization on Grasshopper Behaviour—A Fieldwork Approach
Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Urbanization is one of the most significant land‐use changes globally, profoundly impacting biodiversity across taxa. Insects, including grasshoppers (Orthoptera), are particularly sensitive to urban pressures, often exhibiting both morphological and behavioural adaptations.
Paula Christoph +2 more
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The extent and an analysis of shallow failures on the slopes of highway earthworks [PDF]
, 1991 The reported incidences of shallow failures on the slopes of highway earthworks have increased in recent years. This Thesis includes a study of the extent of this problem, the likely factors contributing to failure, and presents the results of ...
Perry, John
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