Stability conditions in an area located NW of Barcelona (Spain) are discussed. Here, several mass movements were observed, mainly affecting weathered Paleozoic slates. Many of these failures involved slopes cut along recent infrastructures: debris flows, wedge and plane failures, generally surficial, occurred more frequently. After a detailed geological and geomorphologic survey, geomechanic characterization was carried out, according to RMR and SMR classifications. This rating gave a prediction of slope behaviour, in fairly good agreement with the real observed one.
Stability numerical analysis was carried out for the main cut slopes, based upon the Limit Equilibrium Method. First of all, the deterministic factor of safety was computed using the mean values of parameters. After that, a simulation technique based upon the Monte Carlo Method was applied in order to obtain factor of safety distributions. The probability of failure was estimated as P(F<1).
Finally, results from deterministic and probabilistic approaches were compared. The effectiveness of different possible remedial measures was highlighted by means of a sensitivity analysis, which showed that the more important parameters in the study area are the geometrical ones (height, slope and failure plane angles). The final technical solutions adopted are briefly outlined. 相似文献
We consider financial markets with agents exposed to external sources of risk caused, for example, by short-term climate events
such as the South Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies widely known by the name El Nino. Since such risks cannot be hedged
through investments on the capital market alone, we face a typical example of an incomplete financial market. In order to
make this risk tradable, we use a financial market model in which an additional insurance asset provides another possibility
of investment besides the usual capital market. Given one of the many possible market prices of risk, each agent can maximize
his individual exponential utility from his income obtained from trading in the capital market, the additional security, and
his risk-exposure function. Under the equilibrium market-clearing condition for the insurance security the market price of
risk is uniquely determined by a backward stochastic differential equation. We translate these stochastic equations via the
Feynman–Kac formalism into semi-linear parabolic partial differential equations. Numerical schemes are available by which
these semilinear pde can be simulated. We choose two simple qualitatively interesting models to describe sea surface temperature,
and with an ENSO risk exposed fisher and farmer and a climate risk neutral bank three model agents with simple risk exposure
functions. By simulating the expected appreciation price of risk trading, the optimal utility of the agents as a function
of temperature, and their optimal investment into the risk trading security we obtain first insight into the dynamics of such
a market in simple situations.
This paper reviews current methods used in classifying retail outlets and areas devoted to retailing, in the geographical
and town planning literature. For retail outlets, classifications based upon types of goods sold, and types of shopping trip,
are discussed. This is followed by an analysis of modern large store development which reflects property developers' and retailers'
concerns. Areas devoted to retail uses are subdivided into unplanned ‘retail areas’ and planned ‘shopping centres’. Traditional
classifications based upon central place theory are reviewed for both of these types, and found wanting in the light of recent
changes in retail development practice and consumer behaviour. Classifications based upon physical development characteristics
and type of shopping trip are recommended. Finally, classifications of urban retail location are examined.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献