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Numerical simulation on the thermal stability of highway embankments in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau under different climate warming rates

Frontiers in Earth Science
In recent decades, many road projects have encountered significant challenges due to rapid climate warming, which threaten the thermal stability of the embankments in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Huiqi Xia, Huiqi Xia, Sanyou Wu, Yanqiao Zhou, Yongqiang Li, Weijun Mi, Longwu Han, Sheng Yang, Shengnian Wang, Shengnian Wang, Jun Bi, Jun Bi   +11 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Framework for Developing Resistivity Models to Identify Potential Safety Threats in Embankment Dams and Assessing the Use of Bentonite in Repairing Deep Cracks in the Embankments

Engineered Science
The structural integrity of embankments is critical for sustainable water resource management, particularly in seismic-prone regions. This study presents a comprehensive framework integrating field inspections, geophysical assessments, and geotechnical ...
Muhammad Zain, Chi-tathon Kupwiwat, Lapyote Prasittisopin, Nitipong Praphaphankul, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Muhammad Asad Abbas Zaidi   +5 more
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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, Sascha Buchholz, Nadja Pernat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deformation performance and stability control of embankments on peat soils [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Embankments constructed on very soft soils such as peat are frequently controlled by means of an observational method approach. Concurrent observations of maximum settlement and maximum lateral movement of the soil profile at the embankment toe can be ...
Buggy Fintan
doaj   +1 more source

‘Civilizing’ Smallholders Through Oil Palm: The Politics of Subsumption Across Southern Mexico's Commodity Frontiers

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While most frontier studies associate commodity expansions with dispossession, I argue that such expansions can also function as ‘civilizational’ projects aimed at overcoming traditional farming and creating new rural subjects better suited to the needs of capitalist development. Using a Gramscian approach to study subsumption, I analyse three
Antonio Castellanos‐Navarrete
wiley   +1 more source

Low-Strength Substrates and Anthropogenic Soils in Transportation Engineering

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica, 2018
Road embankments, especially their slopes’ surfaces, must fulfil all the requirements concerning the exploitation criteria after the completion of construction works.
Batog Andrzej, Stilger-Szydło Elżbieta
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The changing risk of coastal flooding in the United Kingdom

Weather, EarlyView.
Rachel Perks
wiley   +1 more source

Social Equity Through Women's Empowerment: Women's Participation in Local Politics, Budgeting and Decision‐Making in Bangladesh

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper explores the gender dimensions of social equity and social equity budgeting (SEB) by investigating women's inclusion in local politics, budgeting and decision‐making in Bangladesh. Quotas for women representatives are reserved at each successive level of local government in Bangladesh, and their active participation in local politics
Md Salah Uddin Rajib, Khandakar Shahadat, Pawan Adhikari, Ileana Steccolini   +3 more
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Both walls and embankments: Flood control construction strategies and characteristics of Yellow River floodplain cities in the Ming Dynasty

Frontiers of Architectural Research
The paper has investigated a total of 32 cities from 27 prefectures, states, and counties in Henan, Shandong, Southern Zhili, and Northern Zhili that built embankments due to the Yellow River flooding in the Ming Dynasty. It highlights the river's impact
Ke Li, Yang Shen, Yumo Wang
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