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Liu, Tianzhu (author), Korthals Altes, W.K. (author), Wallet, Frédéric (author), Melot, Romain (author)This chapter discusses planning the reterritorialisation of agricultural activities as an avenue of the Covid-19 pandemic recovery. Reterritorialisation indicates local food being targeted to local inhabitants instead of the global market. We argue that the pandemic has accelerated the reterritorialisation process. Supply chain actors actively...book chapter 2024
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Ćatović Hughes, Selma (author), Kukic, Ena (author), Tanović, S. (author)When the design competition for Germany’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (MMJE) was published in 1994, Sarajevo was under a brutal siege that lasted from April 1992 until February 1996. In December 1995, the war was officially over when the Dayton Peace Agreement was signed in Paris. Visiting in 1997 to pay a pre-Christmas visit to...book chapter 2024
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Sohn, H. (author)Dawn is close. A thick layer of mist lingers a few inches above the ground in a patch of dense tropical forest near Hopelchén, the place of the five sinkholes. The air is humid and fat with dew; it smells of cold ashes and smoke, rotting leaves, mushrooms, moss, mud. A thin ray of light starts to make its way through the lush foliage of a...book chapter 2024
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Gorny, R.A. (author), Kousoulas, Stavros (author), Perera, Dulmini (author), Radman, A. (author)Our present condition urges those critically and creatively engaged with it, to address the transformative potentials that are brought about by a highly intertwined triad of changes. As the posthuman philosopher Rosi Braidotti notes, these three changes can no longer be addressed in isolation or in the context of singular disciplines. At an...book chapter 2024
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Kousoulas, Stavros (author), Radman, A. (author)It is common enough question: What is the human? Sure enough, it is also a question that has troubled some of the greatest minds to walk this planet. Nevertheless, one might wonder, is it really a good question in its own right? To show our allegiances from the outset, we categorically declare it an extremely bad question – in the sense of being...book chapter 2024
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Centeio Jorge, C. (author), van Zoelen, E.M. (author), Verhagen, R.S. (author), Mehrotra, S. (author), Jonker, C.M. (author), Tielman, M.L. (author)As human-machine teams become a more common scenario, we need to ensure mutual trust between humans and machines. More important than having trust, we need all teammates to trust each other appropriately. This means that they should not overtrust or undertrust each other, avoiding risks and inefficiencies, respectively. We usually think of...book chapter 2024
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Ersoy, A. (author), Cavalcante Siebert, L. (author), Wang, T. (author), Chan, P.W.C. (author)Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the most dicussed topics of today and are being used to support solving complex problems. AI has given opportunities for efficiency, control, safety while raising issues around trust, optimism and responsibility. One of the prominent features of AI resides in the digitalization of the built...book chapter 2024
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Papadonikolaki, E. (author), Galera-Zarco, Carlos (author)In today’s society, project work gains traction across many industries. As projects are characterised by novelty and uncertainty, emerging digital technologies promise solutions that improve performance and help deliver full benefits. Amidst this digitisation, digital technologies such as data analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI)...book chapter 2024
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Bryson, John R. (author), Andres, Lauren (author), Ersoy, A. (author), Reardon, Louise (author)Any one shock is never isolated from other shocks and any one recovery process will be complicated by further related and unrelated shocks and their related recovery processes. This chapter highlights the interactions that occur between shocks that are experienced in parallel or simultaneously and those that occur linearly and take the form of...book chapter 2024
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Bryson, John R. (author), Andres, Lauren (author), Ersoy, A. (author), Reardon, Louise (author)COVID-19 initially closed universities forcing rapid adoption of online teaching. This chapter reflects on pandemic recovery in the context of higher education and explores some of the longer-term impacts that the pandemic has had on academic practice. Recovery is a complex and highly differentiated process and is founded upon resilience that is...book chapter 2024
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Andres, Lauren (author), Bryson, John R. (author), Ersoy, A. (author), Reardon, Louise (author)The nature of shocks and crisis is highly diverse; crises and shocks tend to conglomerate rather than occur as single events. People and places are affected differently and have distinct abilities and resources to respond, cope and recover. Key here are path-dependent socio-economic living conditions along with pre-existent intersectional...book chapter 2024
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Dimova, Silvia (author), Polo López, Cristina S. (author), Sousa, Maria Luísa (author), Nogal Macho, M. (author), Gervásio, Helena (author)Concrete is clearly one of the most predominant-used material in both residential and non-residential structures across Europe (Peled and Fishman, 2021). A reinforced concrete (RC) structure is expected to satisfy criteria for serviceability, structural integrity, and stability over its designed operational lifespan, without significant loss of...book chapter 2024
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Nogal Macho, M. (author)In addressing the impact of climate change on the corrosion of RC buildings, it is crucial to distinguish between two adaptation strategies. The first refers to measures integrated during the design phase for new structures. The second involves strategies implemented during the service phase to enhance the resilience of existing structures. This...book chapter 2024
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Korthals Altes, E. (author)To what extent did the international art market contribute to the shaping of the concept of schools of painting, in particular the northern and southern Netherlandish schools? By studying the structure of auction catalogues, collection catalogues, art literature, and several other sources, this essay considers the important changes that took...book chapter 2024
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Mosselman, E. (author), Rinaldi, Massimo (author), García de Jalón, Diego (author)The Water Framework Directive commits European Union member states to achieve good ecological and chemical status of all water bodies. As hydromorphology is a key factor for ecological status, a consortium of 26 partners from 15 countries studied the role of hydromorphological pressures and measures in the REFORM project. Its main objective was...book chapter 2024
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Alleblas, J. (author), Hofbauer, B. (author)This chapter focuses on the maintenance of waste infrastructures in urban areas, arguing that waste infrastructures and their maintenance should be made more visible to allow for a more extensive, ethical engagement with waste. This contribution claims that cities need to approach the (re)design of municipal waste infrastructures through dynamic...book chapter 2024
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Overeem, A. (author), Uijlenhoet, R. (author), Leijnse, Hidde (author)This chapter reviews the state-of-the-art of land surface rainfall estimation using measurements from weather radars, personal weather stations, and commercial microwave links, including comparisons to rain gauge measurements. These studies are related to recently emerging field of opportunistic weather sensing using the existing communications...book chapter 2024
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Langeveld, J.G. (author), Orman, Nick (author), Smith, Brian (author)This chapter introduces asset management for urban drainage systems with a focus on operation and maintenance. Good asset management ensures the performance of assets is in line with the owner and operator's requirements.book chapter 2024
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Greco, A. (author)Wanneer een gebouw leeg komt te staan, worden vastgoedontwikkelaars, investeerders en eigenaren geconfronteerd met uiteenlopende eisen: in sommige gevallen is er grote behoefte aan snel financieel rendement, in andere gevallen vormt het behoud van historische waarden een uitdaging die maatregelen op het gebied van energie-efficiëntie bemoeilijkt...book chapter 2024
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Van den Berghe, K.B.J. (author)Bedrijvigheid en wonen in de stad zijn met elkaar verbonden. Doel van dit hoofdstuk is de causaliteit van waarom we woningen in de stad nodig hebben kritisch in context en tijd te plaatsen. Causaliteit beschrijft de relatie tussen oorzaak en gevolg. Wonen in de stad wordt hier als een gevolg gezien van een bepaalde oorzaak, maar deze oorzaak...book chapter 2024