Abstract: The incidence of hurricanes has increased in the United States during recent years, affecting many aspects of the lives of those who have fallen victim to them. Delays that may be due to unexpected barriers to the recovery ...

Abstract: Experts believe that project performance ultimately suffers because of complexity issues. Although some studies have focused on identifying leading project complexity indicators (CIs), the weighted impact of each CI has ...

Abstract: Some communities are able to return to a normal state quickly after a disaster; however, the causes of delays in the postdisaster recovery phase remain an important concern. Policy and legal barriers are fundamental causes ...

Abstract: Wage inequality is a source of many social and economic problems, and is the target of mitigating programs both nationally and internationally. The primary step toward developing effective programs to reduce or eliminate ...

Abstract: The increasing number of corrosion-based incidents in pipeline systems within recent decades has encouraged decision makers to focus on predicting when pipelines will fail, and to improve maintenance strategies. Policymakers ...