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A Flexible IT Infrastructure for Integrated Urban Planning [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research, 2011
This paper presents an IT infrastructure based on an event driven architecture with the objective to decrease the turnaround time for urban planning. Most urban planning takes a long time, not only to get all stakeholders involved, but also to assess various scenarios on several aspects according to (inter)national laws and regulations.
Hofman, Wout   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Implementation of Urban Green Infrastructures in Peri-Urban Areas: A Case Study of Climate Change Mitigation in Madrid

open access: yesAgronomy, 2020
Urban areas are critical points that contribute to global warming and are also affected by climate change. One of the measures to move toward urban sustainability and to reduce the effects of climate change is the development of urban green ...
María Teresa Gómez-Villarino   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Approaches to Representing School History Using School Artifacts

open access: yesProceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA
In our study, we examined how teachers and students identify, preserve and use artifacts in schools’ interiors and everyday studying life. Our research methods include in-depth interviews, focus groups, survey and expert discussions.Students and ...
Elena Ivanova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infrastructures and Urban Development: Discontinuities, Design and Planning

open access: yesIn_Bo, 2014
This paper focuses on the role of infrastructures in place-making. We approach the concept of urban discontinuity, ways to produce and read landscapes and new paradigms in terms of urban form. The impact of infrastructures in landscape is based on Lisbon
Paulo Silva
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of Urban Infrastructures Exposed to Flood Using Susceptibility Map and Google Earth Engine

open access: yesIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2021
Acute hydrological natural hazards, such as floods, not only affect the lives and properties of people but also cause severe damage to the critical infrastructures, which needs to be function even in substandard situations.
Hamid Reza Pourghasemi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk-informed local action planning against flooding: lessons learnt and way forward for a case study in Spain

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2016
After 29 years of the largest flood event in modern times (with the highest recorded rainfall rate at the Iberian Peninsula with 817 mm in 24 hours), the municipality of Oliva faces the challenge of mitigating flood risk through the development and ...
Castillo-Rodríguez J.T.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study about influence of RC segment degradation on seismic response of shield tunnel

open access: yesCase Studies in Construction Materials
The seismic performance of shield tunnels is significantly influenced by material deterioration, particularly under aging and environmental stresses.
Jun Shen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of industrial waste lignocellulosic fibers as a sustainable additive for improving engineering waste mud

open access: yesCase Studies in Construction Materials
In response to the growing ecological issues caused by engineering waste mud and the lack of effective solutions. This study first examines the physical properties and the microstructure of raw waste mud.
Pan Ding   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship among cumulative social disadvantage ...
William Daniel Soulsby   +448 more
wiley   +1 more source

A 3D Geodatabase for Urban Underground Infrastructures: Implementation and Application to Groundwater Management in Milan Metropolitan Area

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020
The recent rapid increase in urbanization has led to the inclusion of underground spaces in urban planning policies. Among the main subsurface resources, a strong interaction between underground infrastructures and groundwater has emerged in many urban ...
Davide Sartirana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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