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Analytical Solutions for Torsional Response of Single-Story Frame Structure Subjected to Seismic Wave Passage Excitation
The torsional response of single-story symmetric frame structure subjected to seismic wave passage excitation is studied by analytical method. The...
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Failure Envelopes of Tripod Pile Foundation Under Combined Load in Non-homogeneous Clay
Tripod pile foundations are an alternative foundation for offshore wind turbines. Three-dimensional finite element limit analyses are carried out to...
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Simulation Study of Fire Spread on Exterior Wall of Twin-Tower High-Rise Building Linked with Connective Structures
When a fire occurs in a Twin-tower high-rise building linked with connective structures, it will spread laterally through the connective structures,...
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An Introduction and Overview to Building Water, Energy, and Food Security in the Pacific Using a Nexus Approach
The Pacific is not on track to achieve any of the SDGs by 2030 with major progress needed across each of the environmental, societal, and economical...
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Geothermal Energy for PICTs
The following chapter explores the utilization of geothermal resources to provide energy, food, and water solutions in both urban and rural...
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Clean Energy Options for the Future
While the transition to a cleaner energy sector is underway in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), there are still many challenges that...
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Poverty in the Pacific: Trends, Progress, and Challenges in the Early Twenty-First Century
Poverty persists in the Pacific but is characterized less by standard international measures of absolute or chronic deprivation than by vulnerability...
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Secured WEF and Gender: Better Data for Equality and Resilience
Under increasing climate uncertainties and extremes, threats to water, energy, and food (WEF) security affect vulnerable social groups in...
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Regional Climate Drivers, Trends and Forecast Change
Hydroclimatology across the Pacific depends on the rain-generating South Pacific Convergence Zone and Intertropical Convergence Zone. These...
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State of Food and Nutrition Security in the Pacific
Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are home to tremendously diverse food systems. These systems are made up of rich cultures, a growing...
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The Water-Energy Equation
In 1994, Peter Gleick defined the intricate relationship between water and energy as this: “We use energy to help us clean and transport the fresh...
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Exploring the Concept of Self-Similarity and High-Frequency Decay Kappa-Model and fmax-Model Using Strong-Motion Surface and Borehole Data of Japan: A Statistical Approach
We statistically analyzed the fmax-model, κ-model and stress drop (Δσ) using surface and borehole data of the KIK-NET Japan seismological network....
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Body Waves– and Surface Waves–Derived Moment Tensor Catalog for Garhwal-Kumaon Himalayas
Moment tensor associated with an earthquake is the mathematical representation of the movement along a fault. It comprises nine generalized vector...
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Coulomb Stress Change of the 2012 Indian Ocean Doublet Earthquake
The 2012 Sumatra (Mw 8.6) earthquake, which falls into the largest and rarest group of the great intraplate earthquakes, continues to awe many...
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Exploring GRACE and GPS and Absolute Gravity Data on the Relationship Between Hydrological Changes and Vertical Crustal Deformation in South India
Rainfall during the monsoon across the Indian subcontinent leads to significant hydrological changes that alter the ground over a range of...
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Riverbank Erosion: A Natural Process
The third chapter deals with bank erosion as a natural geoecological process essential in maintaining the balance of nature. The typology of bank...
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Riverbank Erosion: A Human-Induced Process
This chapter is concerned with the quantum of anthropogenic interventions on the pace of bank erosion. The Farakka Barrage Project (FBP) is the...
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Economic Vulnerabilities Induced by Riverbank Erosion
This chapter intends to deal with the economic vulnerabilities and livelihood crises. The economy of the Bengal Delta is still predominantly...
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Social Instabilities Induced by Riverbank Erosion
This chapter focuses on the societal aspects of bank erosion victims. Social pathology in relation to bank erosion can be investigated through deep...