Urban Engineering

Author(s) María Rosa Villalba , Rosa Cervera 1, and Javier Sánchez   Abstract The accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere carries with it severe consequences, and cities are responsible for 70% of CO2 emissions. With this initiative, we address how innovative green...

Author(s) y Thomas Goessler and Yamuna Kaluarachchi   Abstract Over the last decades, population growth in urban areas and the subsequent rise in demand for housing have resulted in significant space and housing shortages. This paper investigates the influence of...

Author(s) Michael Jefferies, PEng   Abstract The last two decades have seen five large tailings dam failures, which developed suddenly and statically with damages of US$ billions and many deaths. These are company-threatening events, far outside societal...

Author(s( Chun Pei Xiaoyu He Liang Cao Jiao Zhu Mingwei Liao Hao Guo   Abstract The urban geological environment should be the main carrier for the socio-economic system, a comprehensive geological survey and economic evaluation provide the basis for sustainable...

Author(s) Zhengbo Zou, S.M.ASCE; Semiha Ergan, A.M.ASCE; Dafna Fisher-Gewirtzman; and Clayton Curtis   Abstract Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and this trend appears to be growing. Despite a need to understand how design elements...

Author(s) Heba A. Gamal 1,M. S. El-Feky 2,Yousef R. Alharbi 3,Aref A. Abadel 3 andMohamed Kohail 1,*OrcID   Abstract The importance of the incorporation of nanomaterials in concrete has emerged as a promising research interest due to the outstanding...

Author(s) Mugahed Amran, Gunasekaran Murali, Roman Fediuk, Nikolai Vatin, Yuriy Vasilev, Hakim Abdelgader   Abstract The huge demand for concrete is predicted to upsurge due to rapid construction developments. Environmental worries regarding the large amounts of...

Author(s) Sakir Sharook, MTech Dhanya Sathyan, PhD Mini K. Madhavan, PhD   Abstract The thermal conductivity of a material is a measure of its capacity to conduct heat and is a major factor influencing heat transfer in buildings. For better thermal insulation,...