The effects of watershed subdivisions on hydrological simulations have not been evaluated in Arctic conditions yet. This study applied the Soil and Water Assessment Tool and the threshold drainage area (TDA) technique to evaluate the impacts of watershed subdivision on hydrological simulations at a 5,913-km²Arctic watershed, Målselv. The watershed was discretized according to four TDA ...

This paper focuses on migrants and migration in the context of the Czech Republic, an ethnically and nationally homogeneous country without significant migration experience. Despite this fact, the issue of migration became very prominent in 2015 and has been an integral part of Czech political and public discourse since then. Although the topic has attracted scholarly interest, but the reflection ...

Ship operators typically depend on the visual method for draft reading, which may lead to errors or approximations, and it further introduces draft survey calculation errors and can not provide continuous updates. Ensuring accurate real-time ship draft measurement becomes crucial for enhancing navigational safety, optimizing vessel performance, and achieving precise cargo and consumable measurements. ...

Today’s societies rely on electric power distribution systems. Recent weather events have illustrated that the loss of such service can lead to severe consequences for societies and stakeholders. Hence, to reduce the impact of such extreme events on infrastructure systems and limit the associated losses, it is crucial to design infrastructure that can bounce back and recover rapidly after disruptions ...

Assessment of reliability of personal computer is a challenge for the developer as the lack of sufficient data. Ordinary statistical approach depending on large dataset has less convincible result for the developer to make decision. Prior to massive production, the computer manufacturer runs a life test by picking up a certain number of new computers to run to failure to enlarge the data set. ...

Norge er et land som har lett tilgang på rent drikkevann i springen. Drikkevann er en viktig, men sårbar infrastruktur som må tas vare på for å sikre drikkevann, husholdningsvann og vann til næringsvirksomhet. Askøy kommune opplevde juni 2019 en større drikkevannsforurensning fra Kleppe høydebasseng. Drikkevannet inneholdt store verdien av E.coli. Konsekvensen av drikkevannskrisen var 2 døde og over ...

Infrastructure systems, such as wind farms, are prone to various human-induced and natural disruptions such as extreme weather conditions. There is growing concern among decision makers about the ability of wind farms to withstand and regain their performance when facing disruptions, in terms of resilience-enhanced strategies. This paper proposes a probabilistic model to calculate the resilience of ...

Transportation Infrastructure is one of key critical infrastructures which are crucial for a wellfunctioning modern society. This study proposes a resilience-oriented framework for analyzing and ultimately mitigating risk and improving resilience for land transportation networks with a focus on vulnerable nodes. The framework uses network theory and considers the concept of independent pathways, ...

Recent natural and human-made disasters, mortgage derivatives crises, and the need for stable systems in different areas have renewed interest in the concept of resilience, especially as it relates to complex industrial systems with mechanical failures. This concept in the engineering systems (infrastructure) domain could be interpreted as the probability that system conditions exceed an irrevocable ...

Sammendrag Denne oppgaven undersøker hvordan konseptet Smart City eller smart by påvirker samfunnssikkerheten i Norge. Smart by er et konsept som har fått stor internasjonal oppmerksomhet de senere årene. Konseptet er utviklet i stor del som et for å møte de klimautfordringene vi står ovenfor. Derfor ønsket jeg med denne oppgaven å undersøke hvordan denne trenden innenfor byutviklingen med fokus ...