Browsing by Subject "Spain"
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A downscaling approach for SMOS land observations: evaluation of high-resolution soil moisture maps over the Iberian Peninsula
(2014-09-01)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is the first satellite devoted to measure the Earth's surface soil moisture. It has a spatial resolution of similar to 40 km and a 3-day revisit. In this paper, a ... -
A new forecasting approach for the hospitality industry
(2015-10-01)
Article
Open AccessPurpose – This study aims to apply a new forecasting approach to improve predictions in the hospitality industry. To do so, the authors developed a multivariate setting that allows the incorporation of the cross-correlations ... -
A non-parametric analysis of the effect of the configuration of competitive pillars on competitive efficiency
(Emerald Group Publishing, 2021)
Article
Open AccessPurpose: This study employs a non-parametric model—namely, data envelopment analysis (DEA)—with a single constant input to evaluate how the configuration of competitive pillars impacts businesses’ competitive efficiency. ... -
El abandono de la cuestión metropolitana en España: la necesidad de dar un nuevo impulso para su replanteamiento
(RIURB Editores, 2017-06)
Article
Open AccessEn España se constata un abandono de la cuestión metropolitana. Las áreas metropolitanas son “invisibles” desde la perspectiva político-institucional. Sólo en dos de ellas operan instituciones de gobernanza metropolitana. ... -
Air quality forecasts on a kilometer-scale grid over complex Spanish terrains
(2014-09-08)
Article
Open AccessThe CALIOPE Air Quality Forecast System (CALIOPE-AQFS) represents the current state of the art in air quality forecasting systems of high-resolution running on high-performance computing platforms. It provides a 48 h ... -
An overview of restoration and regeneration possibilities of spanish mediterranean coastal zones: case of second home tourism as retirement plans
(The European Regional Science Association, 2015)
Conference report
Open AccessTourism and demographic changes are linked as important regional determinants in relation to urban and regional planning systems. Second home tourism in Spanish Mediterranean coastal areas has created a great real estate ... -
Analysis of oil pollution at sea by means of sea craft in Spain
(2006-11)
Research report
Open AccessA brief review is carried out on the Spanish pollution from ships, fighting structures and means. -
Analysis of the implementation of effective waste management practices in construction projects and sites
(2014-12)
Article
Open AccessIn this paper, the implementation of effective waste management practices in construction projects and sites is analyzed, using data from a survey answered by 74 Spanish construction companies based in Catalonia. Most ... -
Assessing the 2014 retroactive regulatory framework applied to the concentrating solar power systems in Spain
(2018-02-15)
Article
Open AccessThe RD 413/2014 new economic and regulatory framework applied to the concentrating solar power plants (CSPP) in Spain has been here analysed and its new remuneration scheme has been formulated, becoming evident its high ... -
Assessment of construction defects in residential buildings in Spain
(2014-06-11)
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Open AccessThe building industry is noted for its repeated building defects causing cost increases and time delays during construction. In Spain, despite the Ley de Ordenación de la Edificación (Building Regulation Act), which ... -
Behind league tables and ranking systems: A critical perspective of how university quality is measured
(Emerald, 2015)
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Open AccessPurpose – This study focuses on university ranking systems and the popularity they have reached as instruments to stimulate the assessment of universities’ quality. The inherent controversy of such evaluative procedures ... -
Brief historical review of Earthen Architecture in the World with a focus on Spain and South Korea
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-25)
Master thesis
Open AccessAlthough modern progress relegated earth construction to countries with low level of industrial development due to more modern and resistant materials such as concrete, actually, this is awakening a great interest due to ... -
Business models in urban farming: A comparative analysis of case studies from Spain, Italy and Germany
(2017-01-01)
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Carbon dioxide and helium dissolved gases in groundwater at central Tenerife Island, Canary Islands: chemical and isotopic characterization
(2015-10)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policySeismic-volcanic unrest was detected between 2004 and 2005 in the central and northwest zones of Tenerife Island (Canary Islands, Spain). With the aim of strengthening the program of geochemical and seismic-volcanic ... -
Climate change in a Point-Over-Threshold model: an example on ocean-wave-storm hazard in NE Spain
(2010-09-27)
Article
Open AccessA reparametrization of the Generalized Pareto Distribution is here proposed. It is suitable to parsimoniously check trend assumptions within a Point-Over-Threshold model of hazardous events. This is based on considerations ... -
Comparative analysis of geolocation information through mobile-devices under different COVID-19 mobility restriction patterns in Spain
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-02-13)
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Open AccessThe COVID-19 pandemic is changing the world in unprecedented and unpredictable ways. Human mobility, being the greatest facilitator for the spread of the virus, is at the epicenter of this change. In order to study mobility ... -
Comparative study of Industrial Symbiosis in Italy and Spain
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-10)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Università degli Studi G.D'AnnunzioAquest projecte consisteix en la identificació, explicació i comparació de casos de simbiosi industrial (IS) tan d’Itàlia com d’Espanya. El projecte es va desenvolupar portant a terme una cerca sistemàtica de literatura ... -
Computing in transition: the origins of Barcelona's School of Informatics, 1976-1984
(2013-11-20)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThis article analyses the establishment of the first computer science university degrees in Catalonia in 1976 in a context of political transition to democracy in Spain. Based on an oral history project and the examination ... -
Contribution to the improvement of the Spanish tendering system
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-06)
Master thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionThe aim of the present work is to give the reader a fairly extensive overall perspective of the history of Spanish public infrastructure procurement, as well as to describe the current situation of the sector in the ... -
COVID-19 Flow-Maps an open geographic information system on COVID-19 and human mobility for Spain
(Nature Research, 2021)
Article
Open AccessCOVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has spread all over the world leading to a global pandemic. The fast progression of COVID-19 has been mainly related to the high contagion rate of the ...
