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Regulations for Use of Geosynthetics for Road Embankments and Subgrades

The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2014
The increased use of geosynthetics in road constructions has resulted in a need to better understanding of geosynthetics properties for the use in design and quality control. For this purpose, the regulations for use of geosynthetics for road embankments
Audrius Vaitkus, Aurimas Šiukščius, Vaidas Ramūnas   +2 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, Blaise Bullimore, Leanne C. Cullen‐Unsworth, Benjamin L. H. Jones   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

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

Effect of anisotropy and destructuration on behavior of Haarajoki test embankment [PDF]

, 2009
This paper investigates the influence of anisotropy and destructuration on the behavior of Haarajoki test embankment, which was built by the Finnish National Road Administration as a noise barrier in 1997 on a soft clay deposit. Half of the embankment is
EC MRTN-CT-2004–512120 (Funder), Krenn, Harald, INSOND Spezialtiefbau, Ges.m.b.H, Academy of Finland (Grant 210744) (Funder), Yildiz, Abdulazim, University of Cukurova, University of Strathclyde, Karstunen, Minna, TUBITAK (Funder)   +8 more
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BIM-based tool to support construction planning of earthworks in road projects

Alexandria Engineering Journal
Proper planning in construction is essential to ensure that road projects are completed within the allocated budget, schedule, and scope. Despite its importance, shortcomings in the planning process have led to delays and cost overruns in road projects ...
Carlos A. Peña, Omar Sánchez, Karen Castañeda, Alfredo García, Francisco Camacho   +4 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

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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Internal Forces Tests in Retaining Walls of Road Embankments

Communications, 2003
The subjects of this paper are resistance structures constituted by reinforced soil applied in highway engineering. Test results carried out on laboratory models are presented, leading to the estimation of the size and shape of the wedge of the ...
Andrzej Surowiecki, Edward Hutnik
doaj   +1 more source

Selected Physical and Geotechnical Properties of Loess in Wairarapa Valley, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 69, Issue 4, December 2026.
Loess up to 10 m thick covers marine terraces, old river aggradation terraces, and gentle hill country slopes in Wairarapa, New Zealand. In the drier eastern and southern parts of Wairarapa, the loess is subject to dry summer and autumn and wet winter and spring in most years.
Alan S. Palmer
wiley   +1 more source