Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements in the Anthropocene
This chapter provides an overview of the book’s theme, ‘Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements: Emerging Perspectives in the Anthropocene’. First, the chapter sets the context starting from the emerging perspectives on disaster resilience and human ...
Lugeri, Francesca Romana +5 more
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Integrated Community Onsite Sanitation System for Close Loop Faecal Management [PDF]
The achievement of safe sanitation access is about 7.42 % in 2018, that indicates high risk of faecal contamination from unmanaged onsite sanitation system and has not been fully supported by faecal sludge service.
Hastuti Elis +4 more
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The next frontier: Human settlements in the marine environment
Human settlements have impacted most terrestrial environments on Earth. With a rapidly growing global population, surging demands for resources, and unprecedented alteration to Earth's ecosystems, the conservation of our only suitable habitat is a ...
Mastrantonis, Stanley +1 more
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Prefazione a: Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements. Emerging Perspectives in the Anthropocene
Preface to the volume "Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements.
Farabollini P +5 more
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Granularity Optimization for Efficient Energy Consumption Monitoring in Subway Stations for Enhanced Energy Management [PDF]
Efficient energy data management forms a critical foundation for unlocking the carbon reduction potential of subway systems, holding significant importance in advancing urban processes towards lowcarbon and clean environments.
Guan Bowen +4 more
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Study on Barriers of Water Salt Transfers in Earthen Sites by Plastic-Coated Sand
Under the action of unidirectional water migration, museum soil sites generally encounter erosion through dry cracking, salt enrichment, etc. In this paper, the earthen site of the Terra Cotta Warriors Museum of the First Emperor of Qin was used as the ...
Wen Xu +5 more
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A Study on Protective Reuse of Traditional Architecture in Lhasa [PDF]
Traditional Tibetan architecture in Lhasa has a unique position in the world. Under the special social background of economic development demand and tourism, it has gradually become a pillar industry, and how to rationally protect and reuse this ...
Qin Qing, Chen Yang, Zhang Haiyue
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Making the case for the nexus between resilience and resource efficiency at the city scale
Global challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity and poverty must increasingly be tackled in cities. While cities can be significant contributors to climate change and resource scarcity, and face considerable risks as a consequence of these ...
David Dodman +2 more
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Feldspathic sandstone as an emerging soil stabilizer for aeolian sand in the Mu Us Sandy Land: insights into particle size distribution [PDF]
Stabilization of aeolian sand is essential for achieving desertification control, soil and water conservation, and agricultural development in sandy lands. Feldspathic sandstone is a soft clay rock widely found in the Mu Us Sandy Land.
Lu Zhang +4 more
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Applicability Analysis of Inspection and Monitoring Technologies in Wind Turbine Towers
Wind turbines are one of the key systems in wind energy development. The wind tower supporting the whole wind turbine is a towering structure, which has been affected by installation, transportation, environment, and other factors.
Yanchao Yue +6 more
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