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M. Sina Mousavi, Yuan Feng, Josh McCann and Jongwan Eun
Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills near a metropolitan area are renewable energy resources to produce heat and methane that can generate electricity. However, it is difficult to use those sources productively because disposed MSW in landfills are spat...
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Vadim Fetisov, Vladimir Pshenin, Dmitrii Nagornov, Yuri Lykov and Amir H. Mohammadi
Emissions of volatile organic compounds into the atmosphere when loading oil or petroleum products into tankers are strong environmental pollutants. Given the increase in oil transport by sea and the development of Arctic routes, humanity faces the task ...
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Partha Sarker and Henry D. Lester
The complete failure of the power systems infrastructure in Puerto Rico, following Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, severely hampered the recovery efforts of multiple critical infrastructure systems (CIS). Understanding the relationships of infrastruct...
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Christian Klassert, Katja Sigel, Bernd Klauer and Erik Gawel
Arid developing countries face growing challenges from water scarcity, which are exacerbated by deficient piped water supply infrastructures. Increasing block tariffs (IBTs), charging higher rates with increasing water consumption, can potentially reconc...
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Jan Kiel, Peter Petiet, Albert Nieuwenhuis, Ton Peters, Kees van Ruiten
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Resilience of critical transport infrastructure to extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfall, drought or icing, is one of the most demanding challenges for both government and society. Extreme weather is a phenomenon that causes threats to the well-...
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