‘Critical infrastructure’ includes those assets, frequently taken for granted, which are essential for the functioning of a society and economy. Electricity networks are very vulnerable to disruption from volcanic ash falls. This is particularly the case when fine ash is erupted because it has a ...
Critical Infrastructure, Geographical Information Science and Risk Governance: A systematic cross-field reviewTwo key challenges for governing and managing critical infrastructure risk and resilience are interdependencies between infrastructures and the multi-actor setting in which they operate. This paper ...
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even after a pandemic, critical care remains underprioritized and solutions siloed. Vaccines, oxygen, ventilators, diagnostics, and therapeutics are essential to addressing the global burden of critical illness, but all independently fail when infrastructure, systems, provider training, and governmental acc...
i) Green-blue infrastructure: Urban areas can benefit significantly from nature-based solutions, such as green roofs, gardens, and urban forests. These solutions serve dual purposes, including mitigating the negative impacts of climate change and promoting biodiversity. Furthermore, green corridors, su...
Ensuring safe water supply for communities across the United States is a growing challenge due to aging infrastructure, impaired source water, strained community finances, etc. In 2019, about 6% of public water utilities in the U.S. had a health-based violation. Due to the high risk of expos...
A fully cohesive and collaborative infrastructure must be developed to support breast cancer research; this requires improved access to appropriate, well-annotated clinical material including longitudinal sample collection with expert bioinformatics support and data sharing. 3. Building on sound investment ...
A good majority of Hoosiers see no need for improvement and expansion of this infrastructure. In their analysis there is no added value and they would be damned if they have to pay for something they will not use. Essentially, give me my 2 cars and leave that awful contraption to the, ...
Critical infrastructure (CI) is fundamental for the functioning of a society and forms the backbone for socio-economic development. Natural and human-made threats, however, pose a major risk to CI. Therefore, geospatial data on the location of CI are fun
energy balance is approximated through the insolation–temperature melt equation, which accounts for changes in insolation and temperature, as well as surface albedo, but ignores other components. The snowpack and atmosphere evolves with a daily time step over the year and provides the mean annual su...