Abstract: The management of transportation infrastructure, particularly urban road networks, faces significant challenges due to limited financial resources. To overcome this hurdle, many have turned to public-private partnerships ...

Abstract: Fatigue cracking models are important for the design, analysis, and management of pavement structures. There are two types of cracking models available in the literature. The first type of model is structured to predict ...

Abstract: Urban green vegetation provides amenity value for urban residents and improves the living environment. These changes in value can be reflected in the variation of house prices. This paper uses a unique housing transaction ...

Abstract: Systematic analyses of the daytime and nocturnal precipitation changes provide a better understand of the impact of global warming on the environment. In this study, the daytime and nocturnal precipitation across China ...

Abstract: This descriptive case study examines the linkage between rapid urbanization and alterations of river networks. It is intended to address ecological services changes in a highly urbanized catchment of Shenzhen, China. Using ...

Abstract: Deteriorated track infrastructure can lead to significant consequences, such as derailment incidents, loss of revenue-service hours, reduced train operation speed, and even failure of the business. The Federal Railroad ...