Disaster resilience of optical networks: State of the art, challenges, and opportunities

J Rak, R Girão-Silva, T Gomes, G Ellinas… - Optical Switching and …, 2021 - Elsevier
For several decades, optical networks, due to their high capacity and long-distance
transmission range, have been used as the major communication technology to serve …

Internet of things for sustainable community development: introduction and overview

A Salam - Internet of Things for Sustainable Community …, 2024 - Springer
The two-thirds of the city-dwelling world population by 2050 poses numerous global
challenges in the infrastructure and natural resource management domains (eg, water and …

Data collection tools for post-disaster damage assessment of building and lifeline infrastructure systems

JM Lozano, I Tien - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2023 - Elsevier
After a disaster event such as an earthquake or a hurricane, performing comprehensive and
detailed damage assessment of lifeline infrastructure is critical to effective disaster response …

Internet of things for sustainability: perspectives in privacy, cybersecurity, and future trends

A Salam - Internet of things for sustainable community …, 2024 - Springer
In the sustainability IoT, the cybersecurity risks to things, sensors, and monitoring systems
are distinct from the conventional networking systems in many aspects. The interaction of …

Internet of things for environmental sustainability and climate change

A Salam - Internet of Things for sustainable community …, 2024 - Springer
Our world is vulnerable to climate change risks such as glacier retreat, rising temperatures,
more variable and intense weather events (eg, floods, droughts, and frosts), deteriorating …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of natural disasters on construction projects: Strategies to prevent cost and schedule overruns in reconstruction projects

A Pamidimukkala, S Kermanshachi… - Creative Construction e …, 2020 - researchgate.net
The number of natural catastrophic events has increased remarkably in recent decades, and
the resulting challenges of construction projects have increased even more. It is imperative …

Flood impacts on critical infrastructure in a coastal floodplain in Western Puerto Rico during Hurricane María

SA Mejia Manrique, EW Harmsen, RM Khanbilvardi… - Hydrology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Flooding during extreme weather events damages critical infrastructure, property, and
threatens lives. Hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico (PR) on 20 September 2017. Sixty …

Disaster resilience of critical water infrastructure systems

JC Matthews - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Critical water infrastructure systems (eg, drinking water treatment, transmission, and
distribution; and wastewater and stormwater collection and treatment) are critical functions of …

Extreme precipitation, public health emergencies, and safe drinking water in the USA

NG Exum, E Betanzo, KJ Schwab, TYJ Chen… - Current environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review examines the effectiveness of drinking water
regulations to inform public health during extreme precipitation events. This paper estimates …

Coastal flooding generated by ocean wave-and surge-driven groundwater fluctuations on a sandy barrier island

R Housego, B Raubenheimer, S Elgar, S Cross… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Three years of observations of groundwater elevations, ocean tides, surge, and waves, and
rainfall are used to study coastal groundwater-driven flooding along the ocean side of a …