Ontario Ministry of Transportation

About: Ontario Ministry of Transportation is a government organization based out in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Poison control & Asphalt. The organization has 4652 authors who have published 3882 publications receiving 59011 citations.

Flood management under rapid urbanisation and industrialisation in flood‐prone areas: a need for serious consideration

Abstract: An increasing proportion of the world's population is living and working in flood-prone areas. There are no indications that this tendency will change. In the rural areas we may observe improvements in agricultural production and an increase in the value of crops, farm buildings, water management facilities and infrastructure. In addition, due to urbanisation, industrialisation and improving standards of living, especially in the emerging countries, the value of property, buildings and infrastructure has significantly increased and will further increase in future. Especially in flood-prone areas in South and East Asia we may observe a very rapid growth of urban areas. In order to cope with this growth of new urban areas reclamation has very often taken place in nearby low-lying areas. From a flood protection and water management point of view this implies removal of storage areas and increase in urban drainage discharges. The paper presents the various developments and their consequences with respect to flood management. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Une proportion croissante de la population mondiale vit et travaille dans des zones a risque d'inondation. Et il n'y a aucune indication que cette tendance puisse changer. Dans les secteurs ruraux on peut observer des ameliorations de la production agricole et une augmentation de la valeur des recoltes, des bâtiments de ferme, ainsi que des equipements et infrastructure de gestion de l'eau. En outre, en raison de l'urbanisation, de l'industrialisation et de l'augmentation du niveau de vie, particulierement dans les pays emergents, la valeur des terres, des bâtiments et des infrastructures a sensiblement augmente et augmentera encore dans l'avenir. Particulierement dans des zones a risque de l'Asie du Sud et de l'Est on peut observer une croissance tres rapide des secteurs urbains. Afin de faire face a cette urbanisation croissante, des zones basses voisines ont souvent fait l'objet de rehabilitation. Du point de vue de la protection contre les inondations et de la gestion de l'eau, ceci implique le deplacement de la zone de stockage et l'augmentation des debits du drainage urbain. L'article presente ces divers developpements et leurs consequences en ce qui concerne la protection contre les inondations. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Control target surveillance system.

Abstract: A control target surveillance system capable of acquiring positional data of a control target in a control zone at high precision with fewer communications lines in a short period of time A D GPS ground station obtains differential data with respect to positional data based on a GPS signal from a GPS satellite, and sends this data to a control target to compensate the positional data obtained from the GPS signal A surveillance cycle is time-divided by the number of SSR codes, individual time slots are associated with the SSR codes, and each control target is allowed