scholarly journals THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF LANDSLIDE HAZARD MANAGEMENT & MITIGATION MEASURES VIA MALAYSIAN PWD OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES & NSMP 2009-2022

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-72
Author(s):  
ANAS ALNAIMAT ◽  
MOKHTAR JAAFAR ◽  
KUOK CHOY LAM
Keyword(s):  
Public Works ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Landslide Risk ◽  
Hazard Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Operational Capabilities ◽  
Internal Procedures ◽  
National Disaster ◽  
Malaysian Government

In recent years Malaysian government has started to pay more attention to the landslide issues, as public outcries grew louder. Some local authorities that are at the front line of public anger whenever major landslides occurred have yet to provide better services while others utilized guidelines and relevant acts to act against errant developers and land owners. As a consequence of this, Public Works Department (PWD) and its Slope Engineering Branch (CKC) will require training, not only in the procedures themselves, but also in regards to the basis of landslide mechanisms, landslide risk assessment and dealing with geotechnical reports at best professional manner. In addition to the success of implementing for the National Slope Master Plan NSMP 2009-2023 would depend on every stakeholder and relevant authorities that includes the public residents and most of all the political parties of the Malaysian government and it is therefore local government and other regulators must establish strong internal procedures for dealing with land use and development proposals on land situated within a landslide susceptibility. Hence, the significance to further examine and assess the value of Malaysian NSMP as being comprehensive national disaster management strategy and a constitution of landside mitigation measures

THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT’S INITIATIVE IN USING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aryani Ahmad Latiffi ◽  
Juliana Brahim ◽  
Suzila Mohd ◽  
Mohamad Syazli Fathi
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Building Information Modeling ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Public Works ◽  
The Public ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Malaysian Government

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is increasingly being implemented in the construction industry to produce data-rich models of buildings and structures. BIM was introduced to the Malaysian construction industry by the Public Works Department (PWD) in 2007. Since then, the Malaysian government has taken initiatives to promote BIM in construction projects. This paper aims to explore those initiatives in promoting and encouraging construction players to use BIM. A semi-structured interview was conducted with the Head of BIM Unit Projects, PWD, to explore BIM initiatives made by PWD. It revealed several initiatives have been carried out by PWD, which could increase the use of BIM in the construction projects.

“Manual for the Design and Execution of the Repair of Concrete Structures” of the Public Works Research Institute

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 1162-1168
Author(s):  
H. Katahira ◽  
I. Sasaki ◽  
I. Naitou ◽  
H. Sakuraba
Keyword(s):  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Public Works ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Institute

scholarly journals Robust estimation of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in US counties

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanmo Li ◽  
Mengyang Gu
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Rate ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Infectious Period ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Us ◽  
Local Officials ◽  
Us Counties

AbstractThe COVID-19 outbreak is asynchronous in US counties. Mitigating the COVID-19 transmission requires not only the state and federal level order of protective measures such as social distancing and testing, but also public awareness of time-dependent risk and reactions at county and community levels. We propose a robust approach to estimate the heterogeneous progression of SARS-CoV-2 at all US counties having no less than 2 COVID-19 associated deaths, and we use the daily probability of contracting (PoC) SARS-CoV-2 for a susceptible individual to quantify the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a community. We found that shortening by $$5\%$$ 5 % of the infectious period of SARS-CoV-2 can reduce around $$39\%$$ 39 % (or 78 K, $$95\%$$ 95 % CI: [66 K , 89 K ]) of the COVID-19 associated deaths in the US as of 20 September 2020. Our findings also indicate that reducing infection and deaths by a shortened infectious period is more pronounced for areas with the effective reproduction number close to 1, suggesting that testing should be used along with other mitigation measures, such as social distancing and facial mask-wearing, to reduce the transmission rate. Our deliverable includes a dynamic county-level map for local officials to determine optimal policy responses and for the public to better understand the risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 on each day.

scholarly journals The geological history of the Lake Rudolf Basin, Kenya colony

1939 ◽  
Vol 229 (560) ◽  
pp. 219-274 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rift Valley ◽  
Public Works ◽  
General Description ◽  
Geological History ◽  
East African ◽  
The Public ◽  
Geographical Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
African Rift ◽  
At Home

The Lake Rudolf Rift Valley Expedition was designed to carry out many different lines of investigation in the Lake Rudolf Basin. One of the chief of these was a study of the geological history of that part of the East African Rift Valley. The expedition was assisted financially by The Royal Society, The Geological Society of London, The Royal Geographical Society, The Percy Sladen Trustees and the Geographical and Geological Sections of the British Association. A general description of the activities of the Expedition was given in a paper read before the Royal Geographical Society (Fuchs 1935). Owing to the tragic loss of two members of the expedition, Dr W. S. Dyson and Mr W. R. H. Martin, two fruitless months were spent searching for them. Consequently a great amount of the work planned for the east side of the lake had to be abandoned. Nevertheless, the considerable distance travelled within the 50,000 sq. miles of the Rudolf Basin has enabled me to make out the chief events of its geological history. I am very much indebted to all those who assisted us in the field and at home, in particular to the Kenya Government, the Officers of the King’s African Rifles, and Mr H. L. Sikes of the Public Works Department; I would also like to thank Mr A. M. Champion, Provincial Commissioner of Turkana, who wholeheartedly assisted us in every way possible both in the field and at home, for he has placed at my disposal his own excellent topographical maps and his extensive observations on the geology of the area. I am also deeply indebted to Professor O. T. Jones, Mr Henry Woods and Mr W. Campbell Smith for their criticisms. Mr Campbell Smith has also given me provisional identifications of the rocks.

Recent technical advancement in natural terrain landslide risk mitigation measures in Hong Kong

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian S H Kwan ◽  
Harris W K Lam ◽  
Charles W W Ng ◽  
Nelson T K Lam ◽  
S L Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Landslide Risk ◽  
Natural Terrain

Cleaning Streams in Cook County, IL: Forest Preserves, Water Pollution, and Interwar Environmentalism in the Chicago Region

2021 ◽  
pp. 153851322110462
Author(s):  
Natalie B. Vena
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Cook County ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
The Public ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Forest Preserves ◽  
Forest Preserve

In 1916, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County began acquiring land to create a natural retreat for Chicagoans in that booming metropolitan region. Since district officials acquired many properties along county streams, water pollution soon interfered with their mission of creating an urban wilderness for recreational pleasure. To address the problem, in 1931, county leaders appointed the Clean Streams Advisory Committee that collaborated with forest preserve staff members to pressure polluters to clean-up their operations and to persuade enforcement agencies to prosecute ongoing offenders. They also lobbied the Public Works Administration to earmark New Deal funding for sewage treatment in Cook County. Their efforts suggest that early activism against water pollution in American cities emerged not only from efforts to ensure clean drinking water, but also struggles to protect nature. The interwar campaign to clean forest preserve streams anticipated the goals of the federal Clean Water Act (1972) to make all American waterways fishable and swimmable. The movement also preceded the burst of anti-pollution activism that historians have documented in U.S. suburbs after WWII and laid the groundwork for postwar efforts to mitigate water pollution in Cook County.

ASPECTOS LIGADOS AL RÉGIMEN DEL SUELO URBANO EN LA LEY VASCA DE SUELO Y URBANISMO

2010 ◽  
pp. 587-617
Author(s):  
MAITE IRIBARREN GOICOECHEANDIA
Keyword(s):  
Urban Land ◽  
Development Potential ◽  
The Public ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Activity

Un análisis de las novedades que presenta la Ley del Parlamento Vasco 2/2006, de 30 de junio, de Suelo y Urbanismo en la regulación del estatuto de la propiedad del suelo urbano, tanto de los criterios para su clasificación y categorización, como los deberes establecidos para los propietarios de este tipo de suelo. Asimismo, se destaca cómo el nuevo régimen del suelo urbano tiene incidencia en los procesos de revisión y modificación del planeamiento vigente, haciéndose hincapié en el estudio de las siguientes medidas: a) los límites mínimos y máximos a la edificabilidad urbanística; b) las reservas para dotaciones públicas; c) las limitaciones a los cambios de planeamiento. La autora anuncia una huida de la actividad urbanística hacia el suelo urbano que requiere de menos obras de urbanización, reservas para dotaciones y usos protegidos que el suelo urbanizable. Lurzoruari eta hirigintzari buruzko Eusko Legebiltzarraren ekainaren 30eko 2/2006 Legeak hiri-lurzoruaren jabetzaren estatutuaren arautzeari dakarzkion berritasunak aztertzen ditu, bai sailkatzeko eta kategorizatzeko irizpideei dagokienez, bai lurzoru-mota horren jabeentzat ezarritako betebeharrei dagokienez. Era berean, nabarmendu egiten da lurzoruaren araubide berriak eragina duela indarreko plangintza berrikusteko eta aldatzeko prozesuetan, eta hurrengo neurrien azterketan jartzen da arreta: a) hirigintza-eraikigarritasunaren mugak; b) zuzkidura publikoetarako erreserbak; c) plangintza-aldaketetarako mugak. Egileak hirigintza-jarduerak hiri-lurzorurantz ihes egingo dutela iragartzen du, lurzoru urbanizagarriak baino urbanizazio-obra, erabilera babestu eta zuzkiduretarako erreserba gutxiago behar baititu. An analysis of the new features in the Basque Parliament Act 2/2006, of June 30th, on Land and Urbanism of the regulation of the rules of the urban land, both by the criteria of its classification and designation and the duties established for the new land owners of this type of land. Likewise, it is emphasized how the new regime on city land has an impact on the process of revision and change in current planning, stressing the study of the following measures: a) minimum and maximum limits to the development potential; b) reserves for the public equipment; c) limitations to changes to the planning. The author announces an escape by the urban activity towards the city land which requires less urban works, equipment reserves and protected uses than building land.

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