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Towards integrated security and resilience framework : a tool for decision-makers [PDF]
, 2014 Recent disasters such as Super Storm Sandy, the Haitian Earthquake and extensive floods across the United Kingdom have highlighted the fragility of cities to a range of hazards and threats thus emphasizing the increasing importance of resilience and ...
Coaffee, Jon +3 more
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Uneven resilience of urban and rural areas to heatwaves [PDF]
, 2023 Extreme heat represents one of the most challenging climate change impacts of the Anthropocene, exerting influence not only on the economy and built environment but also on daily human life, posing threats to health.
Aygün Oğur, Aysun
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli +2 more
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Urban and infrastructure resilience: Diverging concepts and the need for cross-boundary learning [PDF]
, 2019 The concept of resilience has attracted considerable attention in policy and research communities in the fields of both urban and infrastructure development and governance.
Govern.of Urban Dynamics and Transitions +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe +2 more
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Vision-driven dynamic tunnel digital twin for real-time situation and emergency awareness
Underground SpaceEffective management and safe operation of tunnel infrastructure are critically challenged by the persistent vehicle tracking across non-overlapping camera domains and the lack of real-time situational awareness for emergency incidents.
Rong Deng +7 more
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How Digital Platforms Enhance Urban Resilience
, 2022 Throughout human history, natural and man-made disasters have devastated cities in unpredictable ways. Cities must therefore respond faster and better to minimize the risks posed by disasters.
Binglin Lv, Dong Qiu, Calvin M. L. Chan
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Urban resilience and distributive justice [PDF]
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 2019 There is a growing awareness of the (potential) tensions be-tween urban resilience and justice. This paper provides a systematic account of justice issues in the context of urban resilience to natural disasters. On the one hand, I will demonstrate that the underlying understanding of resilience – as bouncing back/forward – shapes our understanding of ...
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Time Profile of U.S. Neighborhoods: Datasets of Time Use at Social Infrastructure Places
Scientific DataSocial infrastructure plays a critical role in shaping neighborhood well-being by fostering social and cultural interaction, enabling service provision, and encouraging exposure to diverse environments.
Yan Wang, Ziyi Guo
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Professional doctorates: applicability to the construction industry in increasing societal resilience to disasters [PDF]
, 2015 With the increase in occurrence of high impact disasters, the role of Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in enhancing the disaster related knowledge and skills of construction professionals is highly recognised.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +6 more
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