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STRATIFIED ADAPTATION: Infrastructure, Elevation, and Cascading Floods in the Urban Mekong Delta
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Flood‐prone cities in the global South are increasingly the target of infrastructure projects aimed at building climate ‘resilience’. At the same time, residents of these cities take adaptation to flooding into their own hands. In this article we examine the interrelationship between household‐scale and urban‐scale flood mitigation projects in
Lizzie Yarina +3 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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Ground improvement using waste shell for farm roads and embankments [PDF]
, 2018 The bearing capacity of subgrade soil plays an important role in the performance of agricultural earth structures such as farm roads or earth embankments.
Zakaria Hossain +5 more
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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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BuildingsField measurements of ground vibrations were conducted along the Paris–Brussels high-speed railway (HSR) to systematically analyze vibration characteristics generated by embankment and cutting sections.
Junwei Bi +5 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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Seismic Vulnerability of Highway Bridge Embankments
, 2006 The objective of this study was to provide a simple methodology to conduct preliminary seismic vulnerability assessment of bridge embankments to identify and prioritize embankments susceptible to failure. A ranking model that provides a priority list of
Wael A. Zatar +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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Irrigation, Embankments, and Floods
, 2018 Laws relating to irrigation, embankments, and floods constitute one of the oldest and most developed areas of water law in India and this chapter focuses on these subject matters. The first section of this chapter focuses on irrigation laws.
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Performance of river flood embankments [PDF]
, 1995 Embankments are often used to protect land on flood plains from river flooding when a flood event passes down a river, a high head of water is contained by the embankment, preventing the flood water from inundating the flood plain.
Bettess, R., Reeve, C.
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