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Numerical Modeling of Tunnel Behavior Under Fire Exposure

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Unveiling Fire Effects on Tunnels: A Detailed Examination of Nonlinear Finite Element Strategies That Simulate Thermo-Mechanical Responses, Validating Models Against Large-Scale Tests to Inform Structural Assessments and Improve Design Practices in Reinforced Concrete Infrastructure – Essential Insights for Engineers. Addressing Tunnel Fire Risks: Significance for Structural Design Tunnel fires, although infrequent, can lead to significant […]

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Visual Impact of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Historic Urban Areas

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This study develops a framework combining UAV photogrammetry with multi-layered perception methods to examine blue-green infrastructure’s effects on visual attention, preferences, and cognitive interpretations in historic urban areas, offering replicable tools for heritage-sensitive planning and evaluation. Underexplored Visual Role of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Historic Urban Areas Historic urban areas (HUAs) serve as repositories of cultural

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Expected Annual Damage European Coastal Transport Infrastructure Under Global Warming

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Probabilistic Assessment Reveals Escalating Damages from Rising Sea Levels This study evaluates coastal flood impacts on European road and rail networks across global warming scenarios, projecting baseline annual damages of €519 million rising potentially to €1,090 million at 4°C, with greater affected lengths for roads but higher costs for rails, signaling needs for targeted adaptation

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Land Subsidence in Aguascalientes, Mexico: Innovative InSAR and Gravimetric Surveys

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This pioneering research transforms subsidence risk assessment by merging InSAR satellite data with gravimetric mapping, offering a data-driven upgrade to outdated zoning practices and enhancing urban safety in groundwater-dependent regions, around 45 words of cutting-edge engineering insight. Unraveling the Land Subsidence Crisis in Aguascalientes: Why It Demands Urgent Attention In the heart of Mexico’s Aguascalientes

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Annual Memory in the Terrestrial Water Cycle 

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This research refines a GIS-based toolbox by integrating high-resolution land-cover data and new models for afforestation and riparian forest buffers, applied to six European river basins to map suitable locations for large-scale nature-based solutions that reduce hydrometeorological risks and highlight opportunities for combined implementations. Addressing the Escalating Hydrometeorological Risks with Nature-Based Solutions Climate change is

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Reconstructing Historical 3D City Models from Maps

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Researchers at TU Delft present a methodology to generate plausible 3D city models from scanned historical maps, using alignment, procedural modeling, and height inference to minimize manual work and support applications like population estimation, disease mapping, and spatial simulations for European cities between 1700 and 2000. Challenges in Historical 3D City Modeling and Their Significance

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Real-Time Data in Urban Sustainability

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This editorial explores the role of distributed sensors and real-time data in improving urban management, addressing sustainability issues through proactive strategies, digital twins, and inclusive frameworks, drawing on worldwide experiences to inform better decision-making and equitable outcomes. Urban Challenges: The Need for Better Environmental Data Integration Cities are confronting growing pressures from climate change, air

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Optimizing Transportation Through Cross-Sector Data-Driven Simulation

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Explore an integrated framework that combines data-driven modeling with simulation technologies to facilitate collaboration between small agriculture and forestry businesses, improving resource utilization and addressing seasonal demand variations in transportation management, offering practical insights for enhanced efficiency in developing EU economies like Latvia. Addressing Seasonal Challenges in Agricultural and Forestry Transportation Small enterprises in agriculture

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Analyzing Landslide-Bridge Interactions Through InSAR and Numerical Modeling

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This study integrates InSAR satellite monitoring with three-dimensional numerical modeling to examine the effects of a landslide on a bridge, addressing the one-dimensional limitations of InSAR through modeling-derived displacement directions and validating simulations with observed surface deformations for improved understanding of infrastructure vulnerabilities in geologically unstable regions. Understanding the Challenge: Landslides and Infrastructure Risks Landslides

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Elevating 3D City Models: Scalable Web Rendering

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This innovative research unveils a web-based tool harnessing OGC 3D Tiles 1.1 and WebGPU to streamline the conversion, streaming, and interactive rendering of vast urban digital twins, outpacing older standards with smarter, attribute-aware tiling that boosts efficiency and user engagement. The Challenge of Visualizing Large-Scale Urban Digital Twins and Why It Matters In the realm

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