And it is becoming more frequent as infrastructure projects such as roads and railways in mountainous and hilly areas increase for effective land resources utilization.
Beyond extreme weather events, human-induced climate change may bring a host of other threats, like more frequent conflicts, crippled infrastructure and lower economic productivity.
9 The impact of transport infrastructure, frequent and cheap plane travel and tourism have been drivers of the rapid global growth of HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates.
The site doesn't gloss over the difficulties of travel in Myanmar, including frequent blackouts, lack of infrastructure and unreliable Internet service.
To underscore the need for better infrastructure, two frequent rivals were on hand at the news conference: Richard Trumka, the president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., and Thomas J. Donohue, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the main business lobby.
The high density of H-CRAN associated with user mobility may end up in throughput degradation issues due to, for example, frequent UE handover and infrastructure unbalancing.
In low- and middle-income countries, health services are characterised by inadequate infrastructure and frequent shortages of supplies, which result in low quality of care (4, 5).
Interestingly, wolves seemed more tolerant of infrastructure when frequenting high-quality habitats.
The rail corrugation on rail surface is very frequent in all railway infrastructures and is also classified as short-wave defect (long wavelength irregularities are, instead, defined as irregularities of wavelengths of 300 mm or longer, that may be either geometric irregularities in the track or on the wheel, or irregularities of the track stiffness [10]).
The inadequate curriculum, school manuals and school infrastructures, and frequent and long teachers strikes contribute to high drop-out and repetition rates, especially for girls.
