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Memoria biocultural del conocimiento ancestral del agua para la resiliencia comunitaria : casos de estudio Embera-Katios y Zenúes (Colombia)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-14)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Universidad de Córdoba (Colombia)The present research titled: “BIOCULTURAL MEMORY OF THE ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE OF WATER FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. CASE STUDIES EMBERA-KATIOS Y ZENÚES (COLOMBIA) ”, has the general objective of documenting ... -
Metodología de evaluación de la sostenibilidad de proyectos de electrificación rural
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-12-20)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas / Soluciones PrácticasCurrently, around 1.2 billion people remain without access to electricity in rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America. To date, rural electrification programs have been carried out mainly using conventional technologies ... -
Prospects of distributed electricity generation and services based on small scale biomass systems in Ghana
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-12-03)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessAccess to energy is crucial to human welfare; no residential, commercial or industrial activity can be conceived without energy supply. At the same time, current dependence on fossil fuels and their negative effects on ... -
Metodología de diseño de máquinas apropiadas para contextos de comunidades en desarrollo
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-07-20)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Universidad Tecnológica IndoaméricaThe design of industrial equipment or product in a developed country is a process characterized by creativity and, at the same time, conditioned by the fulfillment of requirements imposed by the customer, users, market ... -
Geochemical and metallogenic model of the Santa Fe Sn-Zn-Pb-Ag-(In) deposit in the Central Andean tin belt
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-10-05)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Universidad Técnica de OruroThe Santa Fe mining district is located in the Central Andean tin belt and contains several Sn-Zn-Pb-Ag deposits. From the economic point of view, the most important deposits of the district are Japo, Santa Fe and Morococala. ... -
Análisis y evaluación de la sostenibilidad en proyectos de vivienda de interés social en Latinoamérica
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-09-13)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Universidad Autónoma de San Luis PotosíIn view of the thousands of social interest housing projects being carried out in Latin America, the question arises of what these new spaces offer in terms of habitability, well-being and environmental responsibility. ... -
Del mejoramiento a la prevención de asentamientos informales : esquemas endógenos y sostenibles en ciudades intermedias de Nicaragua
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-07-05)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe informal settlement’s associated predicament must be addressed by concurrent remediation and prevention urban policies. Nevertheless, the growing social pressure to respond to the situation through decent and effective ... -
La rentabilidad de los bancos comerciales y el ambiente macroeconómico : el caso peruano en el período 1982-2014
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-07-06)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThis research explores on what degree the macroeconomic climate influenced the commercial banks profitability in an emerging economy, on the basis commercial banks and the peruvian economy quartely data, over a long period ... -
Monitoring water, sanitation and hygiene services : developing tools and methods to measure sustainable acces and practice at the local level
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-11-21)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessWater and sanitation improvements together with good hygiene (WaSH) have well-known positive impacts on human development and poverty alleviation. However, universal access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation remains ... -
Development of methods for monitoring the water and sanitation sector at different scales through human rights lenses
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-10-09)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: ONGAWAEl reconocimiento del Derecho Humano al Agua y Saneamiento (DHAS) a través de las resoluciones de la Asamblea General y del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas en 2010 representa un gran avance en el sector del ... -
A meta-evaluation of sustainable land management Initiatives in Senegal
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-07-28)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessEvaluation is the systematic determination of the merit, worth and significance of a programme, initiative or intervention. As a young discipline, its empirical study is still limited, especially in Francophone Africa. ... -
Multi-criteria and participatory approach to socio-economic, environmental and institutional indicators for sustainable water use and management at river basin level
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-07-21)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessWater is a limited resource essential for life. Human activities have been exercising considerable pressures on it. The unsustainable use and the need to improve the management of water are among the largest global concerns ...
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