The use of geoinformation in the environmental sector got a new challenge by the commencement of the EU Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EG (END) in 2002 and its transposition into German law (§ 47 a-f of Federal Immission Protection Law) in 2005. The EU environmental noise mapping puts high demands on the access, availability and accuracy of numerous thematic and geographical information ...

Human interaction with the physical environment has increasingly transformed Earth-system processes. Reciprocally, climate anomalies and other processes of environmental change of natural and anthropogenic origin have been affecting, and often disrupting, societies throughout history. Transient impact events, despite their brevity, can have significant long-term impact on society, particularly ...

Introduction: In recent times, one of the most important purposes of sustainable development has been defined as the protection of environmental health. Using appropriate and innovative infrastructures such as nanotechnology is a solution to walk along the path of sustainable development and solves many environmental problems. The purpose of this study is to review the application of carbon nan...

Recently, smart composites that serve as multi-functional materials have gained popularity for structural and infrastructural applications yielding condition assessment capabilities. An emerging application is the monitoring prediction of fatigue road infrastructure, where these systems may benefit from ability to detect estimate vehicle loads via weigh-in-motion (WIM) sensing without interrupt...

Deep-sea ecosystems are reservoirs of biodiversity that largely unexplored, but their exploration and biodiscovery becoming a reality thanks to biotechnological advances (e.g., omics technologies) integration in an expanding network marine infrastructures for the seas, such as cabled observatories. While still its infancy, application environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding approaches is revolut...

Recently, Africa has witnessed an upsurge in its infrastructure endowments mostly attributed to developments the ICT sector. At same time, while CO2 emission is reducing other regions such as Europe, rather witnessing upsurge. The objective of this study evaluate: (i) effects infrastructures on and (ii) how trade openness governance contribute mitigating these effects. results from system GMM m...

The Doctoral Programme in Water Engineering is coordinated by the Department of Hydraulic, Environmental, Infrastructures, and Surveying Engineering (DIIAR). It offers technical/scientific curricula geared to the design, planning and management of sustainable development strategies related to the interactions between human life and environment in all aspect involving water. The programme is foc...