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Railway networks are highly susceptible to land subsidence, which can undermine their functional stability and safety, resulting in recurring failures and vulnerabilities. This paper aims to evaluate the susceptibility of the railway network due to Qanat
Farzaneh Naeimiasl +2 more
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Qanat system, as a great human heritage, contributes to the sustainable management of groundwater in the arid and semiarid regions of the world. The main aim of this paper was to efficiency assessment of the environmental variables in the construction of
M. R. Mansouri Daneshvar +2 more
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Qanats, as traditional and intelligent water infrastructures, have garnered attention across various scientific disciplines. However, a comprehensive, holistic view of Qanats remains elusive. This study aims to identify and present a thorough perspective
Samira Abedi +3 more
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In this paper, we report the results of our work on automated detection of qanat shafts on the Cold War-era CORONA Satellite Imagery. The increasing quantity of air and space-borne imagery available to archaeologists and the advances in computational ...
Mehrnoush Soroush +3 more
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The cities of Petra and Udhruh were administrative and cultural centers in southern Jordan from Nabataean through Roman and Byzantine times into the early Islamic periods (first century BCE to eighth century CE ).
M. R. Hoosbeek +4 more
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The al-Ula Cultural Oasis Project (UCOP) led by Archaïos, funded and steered by the French Agency for AlUla Development (AFALULA) on behalf of the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), is investigating since 2021 a hitherto unknown network of qanats ...
Alexia Rosak +6 more
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The first emerging records of a dragonfly in the dark zone of subterranean ecosystems: Exuviae and newly emerged adults of Hyrcanian Goldenring, Cordulegaster vanbrinkae in Danial Cave, northern Iran. [PDF]
The paper is about the first emerging records of an Odonata species in the dark zones of subterranean ecosystems. According to the scientific literature, the records are new for the order Odonata. Also, the study considered some behaviors of Hyrcanian Goldenring, Cordulegaster vanbrinkae in darkness.
Ghelich Khani P, Kiany M, Qashqaei AT.
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Locating Suitable Sites for Bandsar Construction with BWM and GIS [PDF]
Bandsar is a traditional large plot, which is built by creating an embankment on the level lines in the plains around ephemeral rivers, or is built across the waterways like small dams in the hill region, and directing and maintaining the flood or runoff
Seyed Mehdi Kheslati +2 more
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Territorial Cooperation for Exploitation of Qanat through Grounded Theory Method (Case Study: Qanat of Hasan Abad – Yazd Province) [PDF]
This paper takes up the qanat of Hassan Abad and its special peculiarities which made it eligible to be nominated as UNESCO World Heritage in 2015. Hasan Abad originates from Ebrahim Abad valley near the town of Mehriz and travels 40 kilometers to Yazd ...
Majid Labbaf Khaneiki +2 more
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Investigating the effectiveness of education with the aim of developing participatory communication in conservation: A study of Qanat water supply system in Khezrabad, Yazd [PDF]
Introduction: Effective participatory management in natural resources and the environment depends on improving the level of knowledge, skills, insights of actors, and developing their participatory behavior.
Iman Islami +3 more
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