Buried pipelines are an essential component of the urban infrastructure of modern cities.
Traditional buried pipes are mainly made of metal materials. With the development of …

Pipelines have traditionally been recognized as the most cost-effective and safe mode for
transporting natural gas. However, since a tremendous amount of gas is transported through …

Ibadan, one of the largest cities in West Africa, experiences recurrent flood hazards, causing
severe damages to lives and properties. Although various flood susceptibility models have …

Lagos, the economic and industrial hub of Nigeria, is the second largest metropolitan area in
Africa, and one of the fastest growing megacities in the world. It is indeed a paradoxical …

Climate change (CC) is increasingly causing precarious and pervasive disruption to lives,
livelihoods, and the environment. The Global South countries are vulnerable to CC impacts …

This study develops an Adaboost-GIS model for flood susceptibility mapping and evaluates
its relative performance by undertaking a comparative assessment of the machine learning …

Highlights•An optimization model to reduce gas consumption in compressor stations was
tested.•We compare the performance of optimization methods to optimize the pipeline …

Floods are among the most destructive natural hazards that cost lives and disrupt the
socioeconomic activities of residents, especially in the rapidly growing cities of developing …

This study proposes an integrated Geographic Information System (GIS) Fuzzy Multi-Criteria
Decision Making (F-MCDM) model to assess the impacts of flood on residential property …

It is of great importance for pipeline systems to be is efficient, cost-effective and safe during
the transportation of the liquids and gases. However, underground pipelines often …