Buildings and civil engineering works � Security � Planning of security measures in the built environment

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Security Planning

scholarly journals Geotechnical aspects of the 2007 Niigataken Chuetsu-Oki, Japan earthquake

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolando P. Orense ◽  
Masayuki Hyodo ◽  
Hiroaki Kanda ◽  
Junya Ohashi
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Soil Liquefaction ◽  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
The West ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Ground Shaking ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Damage Investigation

On 16 July 2007, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred with an epicentre off the west coast of Niigata Prefecture (Japan), causing widespread damage to buildings and other types of civil engineering structures due to ground shaking and earthquake-induced ground failures. Landsliding and soil liquefaction occurred extensively in various parts of the affected region. This paper presents the preliminary results of the post-earthquake damage investigation conducted at the affected areas after the earthquake, with emphasis on the seismic-induced ground failures and their effects on the built environment.

scholarly journals Perception of the Effects of Substance Abuse among University Students: A Case of Built Environment and Civil Engineering Students at a South African University in Gauteng Province

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4(J)) ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Justus N. Agumba
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
South African ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Peer Norms ◽  
Affective Development ◽  
Significant Difference

Substance abuse among youths is a worldwide epidemic that impacts negatively on the health sector as well as the family and society. Early student life at the university is a time of tremendous high motivation to conform to the behaviours, values and attitudes that are valued by the student culture. However, students observe their peers’ behaviour and alter their own behaviour with their peers’ norms and expectations. Some of the perceived peer norms can however lead to substance abuse, which has led students’ not to complete their education. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to determine students’ perception on the effects of substance abuse on their physical, cognitive and affective development. The research philosophy adopted was positivism and the approach was deductive. Hence, a self-administered questionnaire containing items developed from literature review was administered to 199 built environment and civil engineering students at a South African university. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. The reliability for internal consistency of the measured constructs i.e. physical, cognitive and affective was determined using Cronbach’s alpha test. Independent sample t-test was used to test the hypotheses on the perception of students who had experimented on drugs and those who had not experimented on drugs on their physical, cognitive and affective development. The results suggest that over 40 percent of students in this university are not aware of the substance abuse policy. Furthermore there was no statistical significant difference on the perception of the effect of substance abuse on students who had experimented on drugs and those who had not experimented on drugs on their physical and affective development. However, there was a significant difference on the effect on their cognitive development. It is recommended that students at this university should be made aware of the substance abuse policy. Furthermore, those who experimented on substances e.g. drugs indicated less perception on their effects on their cognitive development. It is recommended that this cohort of students warrants further research.

E-Commerce Security Planning

2011 ◽  
pp. 158-168
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Ruggles
Keyword(s):  
Security Measures ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Network Access ◽  
Security Risks ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Internal Network ◽  
Security Planning ◽  
The Right ◽  
Service Businesses ◽  
Technical Measures

Multiple levels of potential security risk affect all the elements of an e-commerce site. Truly complete security protects three areas: (1) internal network and application services, (2) perimeter network access and application services, and (3) external network and services. To minimize security risks in these areas as well as to raise overall confidence in the e-commerce service, businesses must address problems with practical solutions involving privacy and security. Establishing an e-commerce trust infrastructure encompasses confidentiality, data integrity, non-repudiation and authentication. Striking the right balance between functionality and accessibility in e-commerce demands technical security measures. It also requires management vigilance with non-technical measures such as routine assessments of vulnerabilities, policies, education and a focus on making processes and policies easy to understand and simple to implement and monitor compliance.

scholarly journals ON INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND ACCESSIBILITY IN CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. A REVIEW OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS.

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 2297-2306
Author(s):  
Matteo Zallio ◽  
P. John Clarkson
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Holistic Assessment

AbstractSince the mid-20th century, assessing the performance of the built environment was recognized as an instrument to improve the efficiency in the design and construction processes. However, it appears difficult to identify assessment tools that currently include a holistic assessment of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility criteria for the built environments.A systematic literature review was performed to define the state of the art of assessment tools in the domain of civil engineering and architectural design, and to identify gaps in the criteria of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.The review highlighted three fundamental aspects. First, how the binomial relationship between regulations and assessment tools is not mutually exclusive. Second, how the process of assessing buildings is shifting towards mixed evaluation methods. Third, how assessment tools have been developed with a perceivable evolutionary latency from when standards were released.With this work, we produced a state-of-the-art overview about inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA) in the built environment, to inform the development of tools that will foster the design of future inclusive environments.

scholarly journals (A283) Hospital Security Planning for Patient Surge Incidents: A Comparison of Three National Systems in China, India, and Japan

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s78-s79
Author(s):  
E. Downey ◽  
A. Hebert, Chpa ◽  
D. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Mass Casualty ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Patient Identification ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Preparedness Planning ◽  
National Healthcare ◽  
Security Planning

IntroductionAs the number of disasters caused by natural and non-natural hazards increase, so does the emphasis placed on healthcare security planning for the influx of patients that often accompany such events. This presentation expands on a previously published examination of national healthcare security systems and emphasizes the role of security in the hospital environment during disasters in China, India, and Japan. National emergency preparedness planning systems and disaster type are examined. Elements of planning for a mass-casualty incident (MCI) that most directly impact security planning include mass-notification alert systems, patient routing processes to hospitals (from an MCI scene) and within hospitals (emergency department flow), staffing, disaster triage, patient identification, tracking and discharge, volunteer tracking, and the adaptability and flexibility of space and processes.MethodsResearchers conducted extensive literature reviews of country-specific health care and physical security elements of patient surge. The comparative analysis was augmented by communication with national healthcare security experts.ConclusionsPositive associations exist between increased disasters and the level of priority and funding given to healthcare security measures in disaster planning. National characteristics of governance, landmass, disaster history, and population influenced the development of healthcare security systems and planning for patient surge incidents. Planning for the mental health impact of terrorism victims, and its subsequent impact to patient surge into hospitals was more relevant in the literature for both India and Japan.

scholarly journals Toward Sustainable Engineering Structures for Better Safety in Built-Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 6285
Author(s):  
Deuckhang Lee ◽  
Donghyuk Jung ◽  
Sanghee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Sustainable Engineering

The concept of safe design in architectural and civil engineering is of importance to protect humanity considering our economic, environment and sociality to maintain and improve its quality of life without degrading the quantity and quality [...]

scholarly journals Recycling Mine Tailings for a Sustainable Future Built Environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 163-169
Author(s):  
Surya Maruthupandian ◽  
Napoleana Anna Chaliasou ◽  
Antonios Kanellopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Mine Tailings ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Mine Waste ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Engineering Applications ◽  
Suitable Material ◽  
Minerals Processing ◽  
Mineral Commodities

AbstractThe future sustainable built environment focuses mainly on environmental conservation and technological innovation and development. However, with infrastructure development, the consumption of raw materials such as cement, gypsum, sand, and stones increases. Therefore, use of industrial waste as raw material in construction shall be proposed as a sustainable and environment friendly alternative. Also, the higher demand for mineral commodities have led to increased mining and hence increased mining waste. The mine tailings being the wastes from rocks and minerals processing, are generally rich in Si, Ca, Al, Mg, and Fe, and also have considerable amounts of heavy metals and metalloids such as Pb, As, Co, Cu, Zn, V, and Cr. When tailings contain sulphide minerals, it may also lead to acid mine drainage. This makes the effective and efficient recycling and reuse of mine waste a major environmental concern. However, the physical, mineralogical and chemical composition of the mine tailings renders it a suitable material for use in civil engineering applications. This paper discusses the use of mine tailings of different origins for different civil engineering applications such as bricks, ceramics, fine aggregates, coarse aggregate and cementitious binders. This approach has a potential to reduce the demand on existing natural resources to face the demands of the exponentially developing infrastructure.

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