Essays about: "agua"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the word agua.
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16. Drops of knowledge : a case study of the private water market in Guayaquil, Ecuador
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Many funtions like infrastructure and resource management in Latin America are governed by the state, but lately there seems to be a shift in governance in favor for private actors. One example where this is seen is in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador where a privatization of the water market has taken place by the signing of a 30 year long concession contract between the state owned authority EMAPAG-EP, La Empresa Municipal de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Guayaquil - Empresa Pública, and the private company Interagua. READ MORE
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17. Sugar sweetened beverages – psychosocial, behavioral, and dietary determinants, and association to obesity: A cross-sectional study among university students in San Luis Potosí and Yucatán, Mexico
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)Abstract : Background: Obesity is a rapidly growing public health problem with negative health consequences in Mexico, resulted from the nutrition transition. In Mexico calories from sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) accounts for 19% of total energy intake. Although young adults are major SSB consumers, is an understudied population. READ MORE
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18. An economic sustainability comparison between the natural building technique; cob and the conventional technique; concrete for residential buildings in Matagalpa, Nicaragua
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för teknik och hållbar utvecklingAbstract : Cob can serve as an alternative building material to concrete in Nicaragua. Cob is an unbaked earth-based building technique with low global warming potential that suits the humid climate in Nicaragua. It can be constructed by hand by inexperienced people using materials such as; clay, straw, sand and water. READ MORE
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19. A case study of cob earth based building technique in Matagalpa, Nicaragua – LCA perspective and rate of adoption
University essay from Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggandeAbstract : Cob is an earth based building technique that may be an alternative for the construction of new homes in developing countries. Earth based constructions techniques commonly used in the past, like adobe and wattle-and-daub, have increasingly been replaced by buildings using more processed materials commercially available such as bricks or concrete blocks. READ MORE
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20. Designing Sustainable Wastewater Management : A case study at a research farm in Bolivia
University essay fromAbstract : Sustainable sanitation and wastewater management are of increasing importance around the world while certain resources are becoming scarcer and therefore more valuable. The lack of proper wastewater management causes problems and the degradation of some resources. READ MORE
