Despite advances in water conservation, abstraction and transport, water demand has been increasing worldwide in the past few decades. This has resulted in an increased pressure on stakeholders to provide sustainable ...
[EN] In recent times, education for sustainability is gaining more and more relevance in the field of engineering. One of the recently established Sustainable Development Goals explicitly calls for the achievement of ...
Leachate from waste landfill or treatment plants is a very complex and highly contaminated liquid effluent. In its composition, it is found dissolved organic matter, inorganic salts, heavy metals, and other xenobiotic ...
Vera Montenegro, Lenin Oswaldo; Baviera Puig, Maria Amparo; García Alvarez-Coque, José María(International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, 2014)
[EN] Ecuador supplies 70% of the world’s fine aroma cocoa (Theobroma cacao). This paper defines a
model of post-harvest technology selection, adapted to small producers, using two multi-criteria
models that evaluate the ...
[EN] Future sustainable underground strategies will consist of the ability to reduce overcrowding subsurface space in our cities. To this end, utility tunnels become a key factor in urban underground planning. These ...
[EN] The effective definition of public intervention goals and resource allocation for natural resource management requires decision makers to understand the monetary values of the full range of goods and services provided ...