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A Flexible IT Infrastructure for Integrated Urban Planning [PDF]

Journal 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, Lohman, Walter, Schelling, Ab   +2 more
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Digital Infrastructures and Urban Governance [PDF]

, 2016
The urban built environment is underpinned by an increasingly complex digital infrastructure, which is posing a variety of unpredictable and unprecedented challenges for urban governance.
Cosgrave, E, Mcneill, D, Barns, S, Acuto, M., Barns, Sarah (R17583), Acuto, Michele, Mcneill, D., Acuto, M, Cosgrave, Ellie, Cosgrave, E., McNeill, Donald (R11756), Barns, S.   +11 more
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Approaches to Representing School History Using School Artifacts

Proceedings 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, Ekaterina Barsukova, Anna Ter-Grigorian, Aleksandra Iangurazova   +3 more
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Urban infrastructure for development [PDF]

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2016
The paper discusses the importance of infrastructure investment in growing cities, arguing that, in addition to its direct benefits, infrastructure plays crucial roles in enabling density and coordinating private investment decisions. Many cities have failed to invest in sufficient infrastructure due to inadequate financing tools (in particular failure
Collier, P, Venables, A
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Tinkering with malleable grassroots infrastructures: Kenyan local currencies in informal settlements

, 2023
The article examines how dwellers in Kenya’s informal settlements engage in continuous tinkering of a particular grassroots infrastructure: local currencies.
María José Zapata Campos, Barinaga, E., Zapata Campos, Maria Jose, Ester Barinaga, Zapata Campos, María José,, Barinaga, Ester   +5 more
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Risk-informed local action planning against flooding: lessons learnt and way forward for a case study in Spain

E3S 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., Porta-Sancho J.R., Perales-Momparler S., Escuder-Bueno I.   +3 more
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Assessment of Urban Infrastructures Exposed to Flood Using Susceptibility Map and Google Earth Engine

IEEE 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, Mahdis Amiri, Mohsen Edalat, Amir Hossein Ahrari, Mahdi Panahi, Nitheshnirmal Sadhasivam, Saro Lee   +6 more
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Study about influence of RC segment degradation on seismic response of shield tunnel

Case Studies in Construction Materials
The seismic performance of shield tunnels is significantly influenced by material deterioration, particularly under aging and environmental stresses.
Jun Shen, Ran Tao, Xiaohua Bao, Bingheng Chen, Hongzhi Cui, Xiangsheng Chen   +5 more
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Assessment of industrial waste lignocellulosic fibers as a sustainable additive for improving engineering waste mud

Case 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, Menghuan Chen, Minjie Wen, Yiming Zhang, Lixing Wang   +4 more
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A 3D Geodatabase for Urban Underground Infrastructures: Implementation and Application to Groundwater Management in Milan Metropolitan Area

ISPRS 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, Marco Rotiroti, Chiara Zanotti, Tullia Bonomi, Letizia Fumagalli, Mattia De Amicis   +5 more
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