Risk, reliability and sustainable remediation in the field of civil and environmental engineering

Risk, Reliability and Sustainable Remediation in the Field of Civil and Environmental Engineering illustrates the concepts of risk, reliability analysis, its estimation, and the decisions leading to sustainable development in the field of civil and environmental engineering. The book provides key id...

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Other Authors Roshni, Thendiyath (Editor), Samui, Pijush, 1978- (Editor), Tien Bui, Dieu (Editor), Kim, Dookie, 1969- (Editor), Khatibi, Rahman (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2022.
Subjects
Civil engineering.
Environmental engineering.
Sustainable development.
Risk management.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780323856980
0323856985
Physical Description1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • RISK, RELIABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
  • RISK, RELIABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • 1
  • A basic framework to integrate sustainability, reliability, and risk-a critical review
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Critical insight into the structure of science
  • 2.1 Pivotal scientific concepts
  • 2.2 The framing scientific concepts
  • 2.3 Diminishing role of philosophy in science
  • 2.4 Evolution of science
  • 3. Governance
  • 3.1 Past political orders toward a new governance
  • 3.2 The new paradigm of governance
  • 3.3 Governance in framing policymaking and planning
  • 3.4 Policymaking and planning in actions driven by governance
  • 3.5 Toward future of governance, policymaking, and planning
  • 4. Goal orientation overarching organizations
  • 4.1 Emergence of systems science and its uptake
  • 4.2 Goal orientation
  • 4.3 Sustainable development
  • 5. Decision-making-3rd dimension of BSF
  • 5.1 The enterprise of the SDGs
  • 5.2 Sustainability appraisals and indices to measure decision-making
  • 5.3 Decision-making tools
  • 5.3.1 Within system reliability-decisions tools within systems
  • 5.3.2 Decision-making tools based on probability
  • 5.3.3 Risk-based decisions
  • 5.3.4 Decision-making under uncertainty
  • 5.3.5 Decision-making based on the principle of precaution
  • 6. Discussions
  • 7. Conclusion
  • 8. Appendix-framing scientific concepts
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 2
  • Principal component analysis of precipitation variability at Kallada River basin
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Study area and dataset
  • 3. Methodology
  • 4. Results and discussion
  • 5. Conclusions
  • 4.2.3 Social networks
  • 5. Future ways to improve HCWM
  • 6. Conclusion
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 4
  • Seismic risk for vernacular building classes in the fertile Indus Ganga alluvial plains at the foothills of the ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Seismic demand
  • 3. Population exposure and building inventory
  • 4. Fragility functions
  • 4.1 Seismic risk
  • 4.1.1 Damage probability
  • 4.1.2 Economic losses
  • 4.1.3 Human casualties
  • 5. Results and discussion
  • 6. Conclusion
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 5
  • Comparative study between normal reinforced concrete and bamboo reinforced concrete

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