Angkor: 1000 years since the first major smart city

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More than one thousand years ago, the Khmer Empire dominated Southeast Asia. Its religious center, Angkor, with temple-cities such as Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, had an advanced level of hydraulic engineering. They can be considered one of oldest smart cities of civilization.

Seismic reinforcement: how it works and why it is so important

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Earthquake engineering has been developed as an essential instrument of urban protection through architecture. In recent decades, a methodology known as Performance Based Earthquake Engineering has been developed to identify the response of anti-seismic technologies.