Essays about: "agua"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 26 essays containing the word agua.

  1. 6. Exploring the potential of Green Infrastructure to enhance urban resilience as part of the 2040 Development Plan La Paz, Bolivia

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Maritza Carlsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Risks in La Paz; Urban Parks; Urban Forest; Urban Nature-Based Solutions; Gender in Planning;

    Abstract : Cities continue to grow, and the rapid population growth, and overcrowding are increasing the pressure on local governments to provide basic services (e.g., housing, clean water, sanitation, basic health services, and education) and green space planning. READ MORE

  3. 7. Sustainability assessment of sanitation systems in El Alto, Bolivia : A pre-study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Malin Smith; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable sanitation; peri-urban; urine-diverting dry toilet; waste stabilization pond; stakeholder; Hållbar sanitet; peri-urban; urinsorterande torrtoalett; stabiliseringsdamm; intressent;

    Abstract : The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 6.2 aims at providing access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and to end open defecation by 2030. Yet, 47 % of the population in Bolivia lacked access to basic sanitation services in 2012. READ MORE

  4. 8. Investigating the state of rural water supply in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - a regional study on the implementation of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6.1: safe and affordable drinking water for all

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Joel Häggqvist; Andreas Larsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Drinking water; Sustainable development goal 6; Rural water supply; Water safety; Rio Grande do Sul; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Access to clean drinking water is a human right and a necessity for life, yet many rely on precarious water sources across the world. The United Nations outlines a great aspiration in Agenda 2030 - that safe and affordable drinking water should be available for all by 2030. READ MORE

  5. 9. Sustainable life, not sustainable development - “Other” epistemologies in sanitation policy in Rural Brazil : The case of Brazil’s National Program for Rural Sanitation

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Layla Nunes Lambiasi; [2020]
    Keywords : sanitation; rural; Brazil; PNSR; decolonization; political ecology.; saneamento básico; rural; Brasil; PNSR; decolonização; ecologia política;

    Abstract : Despite decades of global efforts to provide the whole of the world’s population with appropriated water and sanitation, these remain one of the biggest challenges of our time, with the gap being even greater in rural areas. Commonly dominated by technological and managerialist solutions, the field of water and sanitation have been subject, since its origins, to rationalities grounded in western knowledge. READ MORE

  6. 10. Sustainability assessment of potential wastewater treatment techniques in Tupiza, Bolivia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Johanna Burström; [2020]
    Keywords : MCA; wastewater treatment; sustainable sanitation; Bolivia; stabilisation ponds; anaerobic reactors; constructed wetland; alkaline treatment of sludge; ammonia treatment of sludge; MCA; avloppsrening; hållbara VA-lösningar; Bolivia; stabiliseringsdammar; anaerobiska reaktorer; anlagd våtmark; alkalin slambehandling; slambehandling med ammoniak; Análisis multicriterio; tratamiento de aguas residuales; saneamiento sostenible; Bolivia; estanques de estabilización de desechos; reactores anaeróbicos; humedales artificiales; tratamiento de lodo con cal; tratamiento de lodo con urea;

    Abstract : Aiming for sustainable sanitation systems can provide benefits among a vast range of Sustainable Development Goals. In this study the sustainability of potential options for renovating or upgrading thewastewater treatment plant in Tupiza, a rapidly growing city in theSouthern highlands of Bolivia, was evaluated. READ MORE