Prediction of Potential Geothermal Disaster Areas along the Yunnan–Tibet Railway Project

Prediction of Acid Mine Drainage Potential of Geothermal Solid Wastes

Geothermal solid wastes such as scale and sludge from the Philippines and Mexico containing Cu, Zn, and Pb at levels above earth's crustal abundance were studied for their acidification potential if disposed in a landfill. A batch reactor technique using the iron and sulfur oxidizing bacteria ThiobaciZlus ferrooxidans was developed for geothermal wastes to predict their acid mine drainage and b...

Trauma, memory, and railway disaster: the Dickensian Connection.

Geothermal Energy: Delivering on the Global Potential

Geothermal energy has been harnessed for recreational uses for millennia, but only for electricity generation for a little over a century. Although geothermal is unique amongst renewables for its baseload and renewable heat provision capabilities, uptake continues to lag far behind that of solar and wind. This is mainly attributable to (i) uncertainties over resource availability in poorly-expl...

Project Prioritization and Selection: The Disaster Scenario

The glamor in the IT domain is in the project. Major projects command the attention of the profession; methods for managing, controling and planning projects have been developed and refined; metrics, testing and validation routines, and quality assurance processes are fundamental. On the other hand, much of the day-to-day routine of the IT function is concerned with continuing, rather than proj...

Rapidmap Project for Disaster Monitoring

We present results of the RAPIDMAP project funded by the EU & Japan with aim to foster the cooperation of European countries with Japan in R&D. The main objective of RAPIDMAP is usage of remote sensing data and WebGIS technologies for rapid mapping of disasters and the development of a Decision Support System (DSS) for fast information access and analysis. Here, we mainly present a case study o...