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A peer-to-peer infrastructure for resilient web services [PDF]
, 2005 This work is funded by GR/M78403 “Supporting Internet Computation in Arbitrary Geographical Locations” and GR/R51872 “Reflective Application Framework for Distributed Architectures”, and by Nuffield Grant URB/01597/G “Peer-to-Peer Infrastructure for ...
Dearle, Alan +3 more
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Resilient infrastructure: Redefined [PDF]
, 2021 <p>The abundance of natural environments within New Zealand is under threat, and unhindered profit-driven development is ever increasing, putting our landscapes at risk. A weak relationship with our land is currently resulting in detrimental development.
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Microgrids: Legal and Regulatory Hurdles for a More Resilient Energy Infrastructure [PDF]
, 2019 Natural disasters and climate change have made it apparent that energy infrastructure needs to be modernized and microgrids are one type of technology that can help the electricity grid become more resilient, reliable, and efficient.
Parks, Raquel
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Frontiers in Built Environment, 2017 The widespread brittle failure of welded beam-to-column connections caused by the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Kobe earthquakes highlighted the need for retrofitting measures effective in reducing the strength demand imposed on connections under cyclic ...
Daniel Tomas Naughton +3 more
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Enhancing Infrastructure Resilience Under Conditions of Incomplete Knowledge of Interdependencies [PDF]
, 2015 Today’s infrastructures — such as road, rail, gas, electricity and ICT — are highly interdependent, and may best be viewed as multi-infrastructure systems. A key challenge in seeking to enhance the resilience of multi-infrastructure systems in practice
Bollinger, L.A., Dijkema, G.P.J.
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Challenges in Creating a Disaster Resilient Built Environment [PDF]
, 2014 With the increase in occurrences of high impact disasters, the concept of risk reduction and resilience is widely recognised. Recent disasters have highlighted the exposure of urban cities to natural disasters and emphasised the need of making cities ...
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Joint dimensioning of server and network infrastructure for resilient optical grids/clouds [PDF]
, 2014 We address the dimensioning of infrastructure, comprising both network and server resources, for large-scale decentralized distributed systems such as grids or clouds.
Buysse, Jens +3 more
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Water Infrastructure Resilience [PDF]
, 2019 Water systems are a special kind of infrastructure systems because they perform a dual role: theyprovide water services while also reducing risks to other services from natural hazards such asfloods and droughts. This report aims to inform water system managers on the importance of andmeasures
Clementine Stip +4 more
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Critical Utility Infrastructural Resilience
, 2006 The paper refers to CRUTIAL, CRitical UTility InfrastructurAL Resilience, a European project within the research area of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, with a specific focus on the infrastructures operated by power utilities, widely recognized as fundamental to national and international economy, security and quality of life.
G. DONDOSSOLA +5 more
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The Low Flow Assessment of Padma River in Bangladesh
Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum, 2021 Low flow or Environmental Flow (EF) assessment is vital to ensure the river and ecosystem remain healthy. Both natural and human interventions might alter a river. Therefore, this study presents EF requirements of the famous Hilsa breeding center in the
Md. Abu Sayed, Aysha Akter
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