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Sustainable urban infrastructure planning and maintenance require an integrated approachthat considers various infrastructure assets (e.g., the ground, roads, and buried pipes) andtheir inter-linkages as a holistic system. To facilitate the usage of this integrated approach,we propose a model of city infrastructure assets and their interdependencies, providing detailson how asset properties and processes a ect each other. This model is represented asontologies in OWL 2 Web Ontology Language Manchester Syntax, which can be read andinterpreted by machines automatically. These ontologies cover the classications, propertiesand processes of the ground, roads and buried water pipes, as well as some related humanactivities and natural phenomena (e.g., precipitation). The ontologies not only provide afoundation for integrating various types of infrastructure and environmental data, but alsofor understanding the potential knock-on e ects of asset failures. The ontologies have beenutilised in a decision support system for integrated urban inter-asset management.
Author(s): Du H, Wei L, Dimitrova V, Magee D, Clarke B, Collins R, Entwisle D, Torbaghan ME, Curioni G, Stirling R, Reeves H, Cohn AG
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
Year: 2023
Volume: 104
Print publication date: 01/08/2023
Online publication date: 08/06/2023
Acceptance date: 22/05/2023
Date deposited: 08/06/2023
ISSN (print): 0198-9715
ISSN (electronic): 1873-7587
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2023.101991
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2023.101991
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