The four major stages of disaster management are mitigation, preparation, response and recovery. Waste management is one of the core activities in the recovery stage and focuses on collecting, reducing or recycling, and ...

Natural disaster prevention activities are attracting greater priority since prevention is more cost-effective and less uncertain than response, and aligned with the vision and mission of sustainable development. Increasing ...

Modelling evacuation behaviour of humans has become an increasingly important topic due to the growth of urban populations and mass gatherings as well as the increasing frequency of emergency incidents in environments that ...

Some non-ductile reinforced concrete walls in buildings were observed to perform poorly in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, with most of the lives lost from the event caused by the collapse of buildings that relied on ...

When used as columns, Concrete-Filled Circular Hollow Sections (CFCHS) offer excellent strength, stiffness, and ductility in addition to an attractive appearance. There is also a construction advantage achieved by the ...

Traffic congestion has become a serious concern and hindrance to the prosperity of many societies. Among a variety of solutions two approaches are of significant importance: constructing new roads and bridges to ease traffic ...

Ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems utilise ground thermal energy stored at shallow, up to 500 m, depths for heating and cooling applications. The underground elements of these systems, ground heat exchangers (GHEs), ...

Distributed Energy Systems (DESs) can provide less carbon-intensive, more resilient and highly efficient alternatives to centralised electricity generation for growing urban populations. Their successful planning depends ...

Textile-reinforced structures have been increasingly applied in personal protective armours due to their blast and impact resisting capabilities. Their enhancement in energy absorption, lightweight, flexibility, and fragments ...

Rail transport is the safest and one of the most efficient transportation modes to move both passengers and goods. It has a range of advantages such as low travel time, high capacity, energy efficiency and low impact on ...