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Latin America and the Caribbean / Amérique latine et Caraïbes: Recent submissions

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Estudio de identificación de sitios para instalar rellenos sanitarios en municipios urbanos de Cochabamba

Vargas Montaño, Carlos Omar (2012)
Comparison of two wastewater treatment plants : stabilization ponds and activated sludge with a social perspective impacts

Musharrafie, A.; Güereca, P.L.; Padilla, A.; Morgan, J.M.; Noyola, A. (Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, MX, 2011)

In this case study of Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP) findings show that Activated Sludge technology performs better in categories of Greenhouse Effect, Eutrophication, and Photo-Oxidants Formations; while the Stabilization ...
Comparative life cycle assessment of a wastewater treatment technology considering two inflow scales

Güereca, Leonor Patricia; Musharrafie, Adba; Martínez, Edgar; Padilla, Alejandro; Morgan, Juan Manuel; Noyola Robles, Adalberto (Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, MX, 2011)

Results of this study suggest that the installation of one large wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is better in environmental terms than several small WWTPs. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was carried out for two wastewater ...
Clean energy and water : an assessment of services for adaptation to climate change; final assessment report

Bravo, Gonzalo; Girardin, Osvaldo; Gortari, Sebastián; Lallana, Francisco; Nadal, Gustavo (Fundación Bariloche, 2011)

Integrated management of water resources is complex, and burdened by the provincial nature of water resource management. Considering the subsistence economies that characterize rural poor populations also constitute one ...
Clean energy and water : assessment of Mexico for improved water services with renewable energy

King, Carey W.; Twomey, Kelly M.; Stillwell, Ashlynn S.; Webber, Michael E. (University of Texas at Austin, 2011)

Distributed rainwater collection and solar hot water heating are effective technologies, directly offsetting use of fossil fuel-generated electricity. Thus the 3 million people who are not connected to an electricity grid ...
Climate change effects on the livelihoods of Illimani glacier’s communities

Alurralde, Juan Carlos; Ramirez, Edson; García, Magaly; Villarroel, Elena; Salazar, Danitza; Pacheco, Paula (International Water Association (IWA), 2011)

Bolivia’s second highest mountain, the Illimani glacier, is a natural water reservoir that regulates water provision for downstream communities. Different adaptation strategies between the upper and lower part of this small ...
Using remote sensing data for monitoring rock glacier distribution in the Bolivian Andes : implications for water supply

Rangecroft, Sally; Anderson, Karen; Harrison, Stephan; Castel, Ana Paola; Pacheco, Paula; Ticehurst, Simon; McGrath, John (2011)

It is now evident that warming in the tropical Andes due to climate change has a measurable impact on ice glaciers, which are known to have receded over the past decades, affecting water supply. Many large cities in the ...
Fortaleciendo la capacidad y desarrollando estrategias de adaptación a los fenómenos de cambio climático en comunidades de montaña de la Cordillera Real de Los Andes centrales de Bolivia : resumen ejecutivo

Universidad Mayor de San Andrés; Institutos de Investigaciones Agronómicas y de Recursos Naturales; Hidráulica e Hidrología; Agua Sustentable (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, 2012)
Enforcing capacity and developing strategies for adaptation to the phenomena of climate change in communities of the Cordillera Real in the Central Andes of Bolivia : executive summary

Universidad Mayor de San Andrés; Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Institute; Hydraulics and Hydrology Institute; Agua Sustentable (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, 2012)

In response to communities that depend on glaciers in Bolivia for water, integrated research is underway to assess and identify social, economic, physical and productive vulnerabilities in the Sajhuaya River Basin in terms ...
Hacia una gestión integrada de los residuos con inclusión social : recomendaciones para la acción

Espino, Alma; Bidegain, Nicole (Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre el Desarrollo, Uruguay (CIEDUR), Montevideo, UY, 2011)

En este documento se presentan los principales hallazgos del estudio realizado en Montevideo en el marco del proyecto de investigación regional denominado “Dimensiones de género en el manejo de los residuos sólidos en ...
Riesgos microbianos de la producción de alimentos frescos en áreas urbanas y periurbanas de América Latina

Escartín, Eduardo Fernández; Peña Cabriales, Juan José (Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), Yucatan, MX, 2011)
Water, climate change, innovation, and natural disasters : impacts and prospects for the Bio Bio Region; final report

Catalán,Pablo; Parra, Oscar; Baeza, Carolina; Osorio, Loreto (Environmental Sciences Center EULA, University of Concepción, CL, 2011)

The Bio Bio Region is one of Chile’s most populous regions accounting for more than 10 percent of Chile’s population. This report covers adaptation and water management issues in the region in light of natural disasters, ...
Inter-American Institute (IAI) newsletter, issue 2, 2011

Tiessen, Holm; Ereño, Carlos; Martius, Christopher; Anderson, Ione; Richter, Paula (Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), São José dos Campos, SP, BR, 2011)

IAI projects funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and Canada's IDRC included support of research in the La Plata Basin, which has experienced extensive land use changes. Projects examine the effects of ...
Landuse change, biofuels and rural development in the La Plata Basin : country/region: La Plata River Basin (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay); final project report

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) (Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), São José dos Campos, SP, BR, 2011)

The La Plata Basin is a globally significant area of agricultural production where large-scale, agribusiness-dominated biofuel production has changed the rural production landscape to extensive monoculture areas. This ...
Changes in hydrology and salinity accompanying a century of agricultural conversion in Argentina

Jayawickreme, Dushmantha H.; Santoni, Celina S.; Kim, John H.; Jobbágy, Esteban G.; Jackson, Robert B. (2011)

Soil coring and geoelectrical profiling confirmed the presence of spatially extensive salt accumulations in dry woodlands and pervasive salt losses in areas converted to agriculture. Similarities between the research ...
Limits of biodiesel for promoting social inclusion, energy security, biodiversity protection and food security

Nildo de S. Vianna, João; Duarte, Laura M.G.; de F. Wehrmann, Magda E. S. (Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília-DF, BR, 2010)

The present study evaluates the contribution of the large-scale production and use of biodiesel to the promotion of sustainable development. The study identifies potential risks for the goals of social inclusion, global ...
Mudanças da base tecnológica na produção canavieira do Brasil : um olhar sobre as atuais perspectivas para o mercado de trabalho

Goulart Duarte, Fernanda; Tourrand, Jean François; Goulart Duarte, Laura Maria (2010)

Considerando a abertura de mercado para a exportação do etanol brasileiro, dentre outros fatores, a estrutura do setor sucroalcooleiro vem se modificando, notadamente pelo aumento do processo de concentração da produção; ...
Dinámicas energéticas e integración regional en el noroeste argentino y el sur boliviano

Carrizo, Silvina Cecilia; Ramousse, Didier (2010)

En el noroeste de Argentina y el sur de Bolivia estos países comparten una cuenca rica en gas, recurso energético demandado en el norte de Chile. Esta región transfronteriza se ha encontrado históricamente complicada en ...
Evaluating the consistency of the 1982–1999 NDVI trends in the Iberian Peninsula across four time-series derived from the AVHRR Sensor : LTDR, GIMMS, FASIR, and PAL-II

Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo; Liras, Elisa; Tabik, Siham; Paruelo, Jose; Cabello, Javier (Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, CH, 2010)

Coarse-resolution satellite datasets of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) GAC archive are valuable resources for evaluation of temporal trends ...
Soybean and the contribution of oilseeds to biodiesel production in Brazil

Nildo de S. Vianna, João; de F. Wehrmann, Magda Eva S.; Duarte, Laura M.G. (2009)

This chapter analyses the sustainability of the production of biodiesel from soybean oil, considering its social, environmental, economic, and strategic dimensions. It concludes that while economically viable, the option ...

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