Assessment of the future resilience of sustainable urban sub-surface environments

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 21-31

  Makana, L O ^a   Jefferson, I ^a   Hunt, D V L ^a   Rogers, C D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Future scenarios; Fuzzy logic; Geographical information systems; Multi utility tunnels; Resilience; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS; FUTURE SCENARIOS; GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; RESILIENCE; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION; UNDERGROUND SPACE; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; UTILITY TUNNELS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84949818155     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2015.11.016     Document Type: Article

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