{"title":"Assessing Water Security Through a Set of Consistent Metrics and Application to Water Funds in Latin America","authors":"F. Miralles-Wilhelm","doi":"10.33552/ctcse.2022.09.000704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ctcse.2022.09.000704","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides an overview of existing methodological approaches to assess water security in Latin America through a set of quantifiable metrics. A framework to develop these water security metrics is proposed based on a literature review of existing approaches and sources of data that can be mined to quantify these metrics. As a case study application, the proposed water security metrics framework is applied to a group of sites within the Latin America Water Funds Partnership to understand its applicability, challenges in implementation, help identify information gaps, and provide an initial assessment of water security in the region. One important aspect that this metrics framework intends to capture is the multi-sectoral nature of water security. The five metrics proposed in this work cover water scarcity (balance between physical supply and total demand), household water security (domestic demand met), economic water security (sectoral demand met), environmental water","PeriodicalId":304585,"journal":{"name":"Current Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130746567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Controlling the Lateral Drift Using Hydraulic Systems","authors":"M. Khouri","doi":"10.33552/ctcse.2022.09.000702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ctcse.2022.09.000702","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":304585,"journal":{"name":"Current Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132390393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Curtainwalls’ Resistance of Building Movements including Seismic Effects","authors":"P. Lalas","doi":"10.33552/ctcse.2022.09.000703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ctcse.2022.09.000703","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":304585,"journal":{"name":"Current Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132799554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental Verification of the Mechanical State Equation Adequacy for Description of the Creep of Some Polymer Materials under Non-stationary Modes of Static and Cyclic Loading in Plain Stress","authors":"Inna Nikolaeva","doi":"10.33552/ctcse.2022.09.000701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ctcse.2022.09.000701","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":304585,"journal":{"name":"Current Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering","volume":"64 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114016573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of the Effect of Steel Fibers on the Thermal Behavior of Fibrous Concrete under FEM Finite Element Analysis","authors":"Seyed Mehdi Mousavi Davoudi","doi":"10.33552/ctcse.2022.08.000700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ctcse.2022.08.000700","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":304585,"journal":{"name":"Current Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127863080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Finding Optimal Routes for Main Haul Roads Development in Mountainous Open Pit using A* algorithm","authors":"U. Han","doi":"10.33552/ctcse.2022.08.000699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ctcse.2022.08.000699","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":304585,"journal":{"name":"Current Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering","volume":"158 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116011978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"HBIM Applied in Structural Project in the Refurbishing of an Antique Building","authors":"A. Zita Sampaio","doi":"10.33552/ctcse.2022.08.000698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ctcse.2022.08.000698","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":304585,"journal":{"name":"Current Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering","volume":"146 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114644972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unused Raft Foundation Spaces as Detention Ponds to Mitigate Urban Flooding","authors":"Jen-Yang Lin","doi":"10.33552/ctcse.2022.08.000697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ctcse.2022.08.000697","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":304585,"journal":{"name":"Current Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122216698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drilled Piles Ert as Reinforcement of Bases of Increased Bearing Capacity","authors":"Sokolova Ns","doi":"10.33552/ctcse.2022.08.000696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ctcse.2022.08.000696","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":304585,"journal":{"name":"Current Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123924582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}