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Optimal seismic upgrade timing in seaports with increasing throughput demand via real options [PDF]

, 2018
A real options (RO) formulation is proposed for decision-making on the timing to upgrade the seismic performance of existing seaports with increasing throughput demand in earthquake prone areas.
Bradley B. A., Canada J. R., Cornell C. A., Duffie D., Flynn M., Hull J. C., Luenberger D., McGuire R. K., PIANC (International Navigation Association), Ross S. M., Stevenson J. R., Trigeorgis L.   +11 more
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The Role of Political Actors in Realizing Sustainable European Energy Markets: Insights From the Trinational Upper Rhine Region

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Against the background of the European decarbonization strategy, this study examines the extent to which the expansion of renewable energies can lead to tensions with the social and ecological dimensions of the sustainability concept. The study is based on qualitative interviews with 66 experts conducted in the trinational metropolitan region ...
Franziska Leopold, Bianca Blum, Dominik Schröder   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morals, Markets, and Medicine

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Healthcare in the United States is defined by profit motives and economic inequality, yet medical providers and organizations are also guided by moral values such as a commitment to patient well‐being. How have sociologists made sense of this apparent contradiction?
Guillermina Altomonte, Eliza Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Seismic Vulnerability of Masonry Churches: A Geometry-Driven Quantitative Index

Abstract Cultural heritage encompasses a wide variety of tangible assets, ranging from archaeological sites and monuments to historical buildings, that represent the memory and identity of communities. Within this broad category, religious buildings constitute a particularly significant subset.
Federica Del Carlo, Pere Roca, Silvia Caprili, Tiago Miguel Ferreira, Marco Uzielli   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Entwined economies of violence: understanding borderland conflict and resource politics in northern Kenya

Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract This article explores longstanding conflict between Turkana and Pokot pastoralist communities in northern Kenya, close to the country's border with Uganda. Conflict in this region has consistently defied interventions by both governments and development organisations.
Daniel Salau Rogei
wiley   +1 more source

Kajian Indeks Bahaya Seismik Regional Menggunakan Data Seismik Pulau Jawa Tahun 1900-2006 [PDF]

, 2013
It has been conducted a research about Regional Seismic Disaster Index (RSDI) in Java Island by using seismic data from 1900 – 2006. RSDI is a index showing vulnerability seismic disaster in an area. The hight risk area is the highest risk, the low
Budi W, Nugroho, Koesuma, Sorja, Sulistiyani,   +2 more
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Rapid Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Buildings in the Old Algiers

Journal of Materials and Engineering Structures, 2020
The selection of an appropriate seismic vulnerability method to evaluate buildings stock in urban area depends essentially on the available information. Information about buildings can be obtained essentially from field visual inspection. In this context,
Farah LAZZALI, Mohammed N. FARSI
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From Hurricane Irma to the Grindavík eruptions: volatility premiums in disaster governance

Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Environmental volatility can inflate property values even as it destroys them. To show how, this article pairs a postcolonial micro‐state in the Caribbean (Sint Maarten after Hurricane Irma) with a Nordic welfare town (Grindavík in Iceland following volcanic eruptions) because they occupy the opposite ends of the governance capacity spectrum ...
Thor Björnsson
wiley   +1 more source

Seismic Enhancement of Masonry‐Infilled Substandard Reinforced Concrete Frames Using Lightweight Steel Exoskeleton

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 603-623, March 2026.
ABSTRACT A significant portion of existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures in seismically active regions was constructed prior to the adoption of modern seismic design standards, leaving them highly susceptible to earthquake‐induced damage. The vulnerabilities of these structures, often exacerbated by material degradation, have been starkly ...
İsmail Ozan Demirel, Simone Galano, Paolo Morandi, Ugurhan Akyuz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic nonlinear analyses for the 4-storey infilled R/C frame: study of a retrofitting solution [PDF]

, 1999
A research project on assessment and retrofitting of R/C frame structures is currently being developed under the research programme of the ICONS TMR-research network.
Carvalho, E. C., Coelho, E., Pinto, A. V., Varum, H.   +3 more
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