A great challenge of the current European water policy is the implementation of volumetric water pricing in the agricultural sector, especially of Mediterranean countries, where irrigation is a necessary precondition of agricultural production and farmers’ income, but also the major consumer...

To reduce the risk of disruption of lifeline systems during the emergency following an earthquake (or any other disaster) preventive interventions on the existing concerned facilities are necessary, but often hindered by the limitation of the available economic resources. In this paper,...

To reduce the risk of disruption of lifeline systems during the emergency following an earthquake (or any other disaster) preventive interventions on the existing concerned facilities are necessary, but often hindered by the limitation of the available economic resources. In this paper,...