Indoor air pollution now ranks as a top environmental health risk globally. Poor indoor air quality can detrimentally affect human health and the economy. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are pervasive indoor air pollutants. ...

India is the second most populous country and the largest freshwater consumer in the world. The country faces severe freshwater scarcity primarily driven by increasing water demand and declining freshwater availability. ...

Reinforced concrete (RC) protective barriers such as rockfall barriers and vehicular barriers need to be designed to resist impact actions. However, there are uncertainties over the required stability of the barrier to ...

Place, as a human spatial concept, has been studied extensively in the fields of philosophy and psychology. Recently, place-based research has received an increasing amount of attention in the domain of GIScience, and the ...

Public-private partnership (PPP) contracts are unique in features in comparison to other procurement models because of the private sector’s long-term engagement in the operational phase. Evaluating ex-ante and ex-post ...

Bioturbation activity by macroinvertebrates in freshwaters may influence the hyporheic exchange processes in river systems. In this study, I focus on understanding the complex interaction of bioturbation by upward conveyor ...

Currently, 75% of the world’s estimated land parcels are not registered in land administration systems. This indicates that there is an enormous tenure gap worldwide. In addition, many existing land administration systems ...

The growing demand for residential and commercial space in urban areas has resulted in increased number of constructed tall buildings around the world. Regarding the safety, tall buildings were subject of many disaster ...

Ground-source heat pump (GSHP) systems can efficiently provide renewable energy for space heating and cooling. Even though these systems have shown great potential, contributing towards the continuously increasing energy ...

Modularisation and Standardisation for prefabrication of mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems have become more prevalent during the last decade with the growth of the prefabricated construction industry. Speedy ...