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Status of water quality for human consumption in high-Andean rural communities: discrepancies between techniques for identifying trace metals
(MDPI AG, 2020-06)
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Open AccessAccess to safe water is essential for people’s lives and health. However, little information is available about the quality of water consumed in rural communities in the Andes of Peru. The difficulties of accessing ... -
Estimating access to drinking water and sanitation: the need to account for uncertainty in trend analysis
(Elsevier, 2019-12)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyNationally representative household surveys are the main source of data for tracking drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) coverage. However, all survey point estimates have a certain degree of error that must be ... -
A compositional approach for modelling SDG7 indicators: case study applied to electricity access
(2019-06)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyMonitoring energy indicators has acquired a renewed interest with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and specifically with goal 7 (SDG7), which seeks to guarantee universal access to energy. The predominant ... -
Simulating large emitters using CMAQ and a local scale finite element model: analysis of the surroundings of Barcelona
(2017)
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Open AccessIn this work, we present a novel approach to simulate large emitters in the microscale. The main idea is to combine a nested grid approach and a finite element model to simulate the subgrid scale. The nested grid system ... -
Promoting sustainable human development in engineering: assessment of online courses within continuing professional development strategies
(2018-01)
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Open AccessHigher 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 ... -
Profiling research of the engineering academics who successfully promote education in Sustainable Human Development
(2018-01-20)
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Open AccessOver 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 ... -
Considering data uncertainty in the water and sanitation sector: application to large number of alternatives and criteria
(2017-04)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyPriority-driven and target-focused management of water and sanitation services is essential to achieve long-term sustainability. However, in the context of water and sanitation, statistical uncertainty is an inevitable ... -
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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Open AccessThe 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 ... -
Electricity generation prospects from clustered smallholder and irrigated rice farms in Ghana
(2017-02-15)
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Open AccessIn farming communities in Ghana and the West African region, crop residues are often unused and remain available for valorisation. This study has analysed the prospects of electricity generation using crop residues from ... -
Compositional data for global monitoring: the case of drinking water and sanitation
(2017-07)
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Open AccessIntroduction At a global level, access to safe drinking water and sanitation has been monitored by the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) of WHO and UNICEF. The methods employed are based on analysis of data from household ... -
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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Open AccessInternational 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, ... -
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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Open AccessHuman 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 ...
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