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From Rumbles to Silence: Strategies for Urban Rail Vibration Management

Balance development and comfort using global standards, building information modelling, vibration monitoring, and resilient track designs.

   Environment, Transport, Urban development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action
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Using Upcycled Plastic Waste to Build Low-Maintenance Rural Roads

A combination of asphalt and concrete layers that incorporate plastic waste could make durable, sustainable, and cost-effective rural roads.

   India; Environment, Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Asia’s Graying Workforce: Can AI be the Silver Lining?

AI and digital innovation can help extend working lives, strengthen pensions, and build more resilient systems for the aging population.

   Public sector management and governance, Information and communications technology, Social development and protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
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Measuring Social Mobility in Longitudinal Data-Scarce Settings

Pseudo-panel methods using repeated cross-sectional surveys, which are less costly and easier to do, may offer a solution to this problem.

   Economics, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals