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Sousana Tastani and Georgia Thermou
This paper presents a rapid seismic assessment and Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) retrofit design methodology which relies on the European design guidelines recently published in Chapter 8 of fib Bulletin 90 on the use of externally applied FRP reinforce...
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Jason Corburn, Patrick Njoroge, Jane Weru and Maureen Musya
Urban informal settlements or slums are among the most vulnerable places to climate-change-related health risks. Yet, little data exist documenting environmental and human health vulnerabilities in slums or how to move research to action. Citizen science...
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Igor Tomic, Francesco Vanin, Ivana Bo?ulic and Katrin Beyer
Though flexible diaphragms play a role in the seismic behaviour of unreinforced masonry buildings, the effect of the connections between floors and walls is rarely discussed or explicitly modelled when simulating the response of such buildings. These fle...
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Kerry A. Nice, Jason Thompson, Jasper S. Wijnands, Gideon D. P. A. Aschwanden and Mark Stevenson
Urban typologies allow areas to be categorised according to form and the social, demographic, and political uses of the areas. The use of these typologies and finding similarities and dissimilarities between cities enables better targeted interventions f...
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Mwehe Mathenge, Ben G. J. S. Sonneveld and Jacqueline E. W. Broerse
The majority of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa face myriad challenges to participating in agribusiness markets. However, how the spatially explicit factors interact to influence household decision choices at the local level is not well underst...
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Hiroshi Yamakawa
In a human society with emergent technology, the destructive actions of some pose a danger to the survival of all of humankind, increasing the need to maintain peace by overcoming universal conflicts. However, human society has not yet achieved complete ...
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Ekaterina Shafray
From a social perspective, successful cities compete with other cities and with each other for residents, resources, and economic power. The important characteristic of that is the number of outdoor social activities (events, festivals, forums, etc.) hel...
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Pankaj Kumar, Yoshifumi Masago, Binaya Kumar Mishra, Shokhrukh Jalilov, Ammar Rafiei Emam, Mohamed Kefi, Kensuke Fukushi
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Modeling insecurity under future climate change and socio-economic development is indispensable for adaptive planning and sustainable management of water resources. This case study strives to assess the water quality and quantity status for both the pres...
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William D. Sunderlin, Claudio De Sassi, Andini Desita Ekaputri, Mara Light and Christy Desta Pratama
In addition to being a global strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from tropical deforestation, Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) intends to protect and improve the well-being and income of local stakeholders. The int...
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Olabode A. Oyewunmi,Olamide Olusanmi,Olusola J. Olujobi,Folashade Adegboye
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Evidently, a culture of due compliance has been eroded on multiple levels within Nigeria?s commercial banking industry. Hence, corporate values and professional ethics are being sacrificed on the grounds of; being competitive, returning impressive profit...
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