Search Results - subject:"Infrastructure systems"

Towards Development of a Label for Zero Emission Buildings: A Tool to Evaluate Potential Zero Emission Buildings

Bühler, Devi; Schuetze, Thorsten; Junge, Ranka - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 5, pp. 5071-5093

combustion of fossil fuels. The concept of ZEB is based on the decentralization of urban infrastructure systems on the building …

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A Decision Framework for Improving Resilience of Civil Infrastructure Systems Considering Effects of Natural Disasters

Piper, Brian E - 2009

There can be massive ramifications from natural disasters for civil infrastructure systems. Damage to infrastructure … is necessary to build more resilient infrastructure systems capable of withstanding and recovering from damaging effects … functions. Different types of quantitative performance measures (or metrics) for infrastructure systems are considered. Metrics …

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Financing infrastructure using asset-backed securities : lessons for developing countries

Chikolwa, Bwembya - 2008

The purpose of the paper is to investigate how Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) can be used to fund infrastructure development in developing countries. This paper also presents a case study on how ABS has been used to fund infrastructure in Australia and points out the lessons that developing...

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Implementing and Evaluating Alternative Airspace Rationing Methods

Burke, Jason M. - 2002

While airport congestion has long been viewed as a major air traffic management problem in the United States, congestion in the en route airspace is drawing an increasing amount of attention. Sources of en route congestion, such as severe weather, often cause the Federal Aviation Administration...

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