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The influence of the human rights to water and sanitation normative content in measuring the level of service
(2016-05-31)
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Accés obertHuman Rights to Water and Sanitation (HRWS) have been consolidated as relevant frameworks to measure different levels of services. It is essential to move forward with specific initiatives that interpret the content of ... -
Utilizing international networks for accelerating research and learning in transformational sustainability science
(2016-05)
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Accés obertA promising approach for addressing sustainability problems is to recognize the unique conditions of a particular place, such as problem features and solution capabilities, and adopt and adapt solutions developed at other ... -
Measuring disparities in access to water based on the normative content of the human right
(2015-05-07)
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Accés obertMeasuring access to water in the Sustainable Development Goals era involves taking into account the human rights framework. Therefore, its content should be considered to conceptualize the level of service through adequate ... -
Educando para qué y para quién. El cambio de paradigma que el desarrollo sostenible demanda a la educación superior
(2016)
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Accés obertLa sociedad tal como está organizada actualmente no tiene futuro, es insostenible; tanto ambiental, social, como económicamente. Estamos en una situación con un gran incremento de demandas al ecosistema y una disminución ... -
Reporting progress on the human right to water and sanitation through JMP and GLAAS
(2015-06-01)
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Accés obertInternational institutions have the authority to monitor States' compliance with the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWS) but the necessary tools for this task are not yet ready. The human development sector has a ... -
Application of a revised Water Poverty Index to target the water poor
(2011)
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Accés obertThe Water Poverty Index (WPI) has been recognized as a useful tool in policy analysis. The index integrates various physical, social and environmental aspects to enable more holistic assessment of water resources. However, ... -
Analyzing water poverty in basins
(2011-11)
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Accés obertInadequate provision of water-related services in developing countries continues to undermine strategies for poverty alleviation. The root lies in the inability of policy makers to tackle resource development in a holistic ... -
Impacts on effluent contaminants from mine sites : risk assessment, fate, and distribution of pollution at basin scale
(2014-05)
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Accés obertThe environmental implications of mining activities are of worldwide concern. An environmental evaluation at the basin level was conducted because of widespread mining in Cajamarca in Northern Peru. A sediment monitoring ... -
Assessment of water resources management in the Ethiopian Central Rift valley. Environmental conservation, sustainability and poverty reduction
(2013-10-17)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThis article assesses the relation between water management, environmental degradation and poverty through a stakeholder analysis focused on the status and management of water resources. It draws from the situation observed ... -
Water, sanitation, hygiene and rural poverty: Issues of sector monitoring and the role of aggregated indicators
(2013)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialWater and sanitation improvements together with hygiene (WASH) are central to health. However, progress in ensuring access to these basic services remains inadequate, particularly in the rural developingworld. To remedy ... -
Spatial and temporal trace metal distribution of a Peruvian basin: recognizing trace metal sources and assessing the potential risk
(2013-03-13)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialRecent efforts have been made to determine the environmental impact of mining over the past 11 years in the Jequetepeque River basin, in northern Peru. We have now analyzed data from two studies to elucidate the spatial ... -
Slope effects on SWAT modeling in a mountainous basin
(2013-12)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThe soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) is a distributed basin model that includes the option of defining spatial discretization in terms of terrain slope. Influence of terrain slope in runoff results from mountain basins ...