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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates innovative financing strategies to mobilise private capital for climate adaptation, emphasising Hong Kong's role in advancing efforts across Southeast Asia. Using expert interviews and case studies, it addresses two key questions: which financial instruments can strengthen public–private collaboration, and what best ...
Laurence L. Delina +5 more
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Buildings, 2019 The so-called Greco-Roman monuments, also known as neoclassical monuments, in Nepal represent unique construction systems. Although they are not native to Nepal, they are icons of the early 19th century in the Kathmandu valley.
Rabindra Adhikari +3 more
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Vulnerability assessment of urban building stock: a hierarchic approach [PDF]
, 2012 In the last decades the evaluation of the seismic risk are of rising concern, considered essential in the activity and definition of strategy planning and urban management.
Costa, A. +4 more
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Ensemble‐based soil liquefaction assessment: Leveraging CPT data for enhanced predictions
Civil Engineering Design, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 23-35, March 2025.Abstract This study focuses on predicting soil liquefaction, a critical phenomenon that can significantly impact the stability and safety of structures during seismic events. Accurate liquefaction assessment is vital for geotechnical engineering, as it informs the design and mitigation strategies needed to safeguard infrastructure and reduce the risk ...
Arsham Moayedi Far, Masoud Zare
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Seismic Assessment of a Single-Column Elevated Station Structure
Buildings, 2023 Single-column elevated station structures are irregular structures with long-span cantilever beams and individual pier columns in the transverse section.
Yi-Fan Li +2 more
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Seismic vulnerability assessment of the old city centre of Seixal, Portugal [PDF]
, 2012 The seismic vulnerability assessment of old traditional masonry building stocks, in a seismic risk mitigation perspective, is truly essential not only for buildings with recognized historical and patrimonial value, but also, in relation to regular ...
Costa, A. +4 more
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Shear critical R/C columns under increasing axial load [PDF]
, 2020 Structural elements in old reinforced concrete (R/C) frame buildings are often prone to shear or flexure-shear failure, which can eventually lead to loss of axial load capacity of vertical elements and initiate vertical progressive collapse of a building.
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, 2020 Particularly devastating earthquakes can occur in Ecuador and Peru. In these countries, knowledge of the areas likely to be hit by earthquakes is a key aspect of public policies in terms of seismic risk prevention.
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Civil Engineering Design, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 9-22, March 2025.Abstract Blockchain technology is a digital decentralized data ledger recording transactions in an encrypted format. Its implementation can potentially hold significant advantages for the built environment, particularly in manufacturing and building product usage aligned with Building Information Modeling (BIM). This paradigm shift toward decentralized
Aileen Pfeil +2 more
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Data-driven predictive models for wind-induced transmission line interruptions
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy SystemsExtreme weather events continually challenge transmission line integrity, highlighting the need for accurate vulnerability assessment of power grid components to ensure grid resilience.
Mazin Al-Mahrouqi +5 more
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