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Distributing the global carbon budget with climate justice criteria
(2018-05-28)
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Accés obertIn this paper, a model for the distribution of the Global Carbon Budget between the countries of the world is presented. The model is based on the criteria of equity while also taking into account the different historical ... -
Key characteristics of academics promoting sustainable human development within engineering studies
(2018-07-01)
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Accés obertIn the last decade, a growing number of technical universities and engineering faculties have been promoting various initiatives aimed at integrating sustainable development in their activities. Despite the fact that the ... -
Production of polyhydroxybutyrates and carbohydrates in a mixed cyanobacterial culture : effect of nutrients limitation and photoperiods
(Elsevier, 2018-05-25)
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Accés obertIn the present study, different photoperiods and nutritional conditions were applied to a mixed wastewater-borne cyanobacterial culture in order to enhance the intracellular accumulation of polyhydroxybutyrates (PHBs) and ... -
Promoting sustainable human development in engineering: assessment of online courses within continuing professional development strategies
(2018-01)
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Accés obertHigher Education Institutions play a critical role in societies transition towards sustainable development, educating future professionals and decision makers. In the last few decades, a number of technical universities ... -
El proyecto EDINSOST: inclusión de los ODS en la educación superior
(2017-11)
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Accés obertEn este artículo se presenta el primer resultado del proyecto EDINSOST: un mapa de la competencia Sostenibilidad para el Grado de Ingeniería Informática, fácilmente adaptable a cualquier titulación de Grado en Ingeniería ... -
Profiling research of the engineering academics who successfully promote education in Sustainable Human Development
(2018-01-20)
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Accés obertOver the last decades, engineering faculties and universities have become increasingly engaged in integrating sustainable development into their different functions. Notwithstanding, more effort is required to effectively ... -
Integrating microalgae tertiary treatment into activated sludge systems for energy and nutrients recovery from wastewater
(2018-01-01)
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Accés obertIn this study, microalgae digestate and secondary effluent were used to grow microalgae in a tertiary wastewater treatment, and then, the biomass was co-digested for biogas generation. A 30 L closed-photobioreactor was ... -
Transdisciplinarity in higher education for sustainability: how discourses are approached in engineering education
(2017)
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Accés obertSustainability issues, as unwanted results of not fully respecting natural cycles, are widely recognized as wicked problems, which should not be thought of as problems to be solved, but rather as “conditions” to be managed, ... -
SIASAR: a country-led indicator framework for monitoring the rural water and sanitation sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2017-06)
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Accés obertThe provision of water supply, sanitation and hygiene services has emerged as a top priority in the development agenda in Latin American and the Caribbean. In light of the investments envisaged to reach the targets set by ... -
Action research workshop for transdisciplinary sustainability science
(2017-07)
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Accés obertThe Research Institute for Sustainability Science and Technology under the Master degree in Sustainability Science and Technology organises the course Action Research Workshop on Science and Technology for Sustainability ... -
Cultivation and selection of cyanobacteria in a closed photobioreactor used for secondary effluent and digestate treatment
(2017-06-01)
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Accés obertThe main objective of this study was to select and grow wastewater-borne cyanobacteria in a closed photobioreactor (PBR) inoculated with a mixed consortium of microalgae. The 30 L PBR was fed with a mixture of urban secondary ... -
Monitoring sanitation and hygiene in the 2030 agenda for sustainable development: A review through the lens of human rights
(2016-12-15)
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Accés obertInternational monitoring of drinking water and sanitation has been jointly carried out by WHO and UNICEF through their Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). With the end of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) era in 2015, ...