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International Synergies to Address Climate Change: Participatory Community Organizing in Toronto and the Baixada Fluminense, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This research was supported by the International Development Research Centre, grant ...
Leary, A.L.T.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Tracking the Dynamics of human Colonisation and Adaptation in Central Vanuatu: Preliminary Results From Excavation and Survey at Pangpang, East Efate

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 221-236, April 2026.
ABSTRACT In October 2022 an extensive archaeological landscape was identified by staff of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre at Pangpang on the east coast of Efate Island in central Vanuatu. It included midden deposits on the banks of the Pangpang River near the sea at Forari Bay where Lapita and Early Erueti‐style pottery sherds were recovered.
Stuart Bedford   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of combined sewer overflow (CSO) on the abundance of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the James River [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Antibiotics have been used to treat bacterial infections worldwide since their discovery in the early 20th century and are vital to human health. Unfortunately, the heavy use of antibiotics has led to the increased natural selection of antibiotic ...
Franklin, Rima B   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Urban Drainage Modelling for the Design of Treatment Technologies

open access: yesEngineering Proceedings
A recent evaluation of the UWWTD confirmed that overflows from combined systems and surface water runoff are a significant pressure of the aquatic environment in terms of pollution. Increasing urbanization, climate change, and the evolution of pollutants
Margherita Evangelisti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impacts des rejets urbains de temps de pluie (RUTP) sur les milieux aquatiques : État des connaissances [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
En milieu urbain, les flux générés par la pluie peuvent transporter vers les hydrosystèmes une partie des éléments polluants accumulés par temps sec et issus des diverses activités humaines. Ces flux polluants sont qualifiés de « rejets urbains par temps
Boisson, J.-C., Parent-Raoult, Charlotte
core   +1 more source

Some aspects of management of the combined sewerage system in the city of Osijek [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Okosnicu današnjeg mješovitog kanalizacijskog sustava grada Osijeka još uvijek čini tzv. Sjeverni kolektor izveden početkom prošlog stoljeća. Uz brojne nadogradnje sustav se prilagođava suvremenim potrebama.
Siniša Maričić   +1 more
core   +1 more source

A framework for modelling, simulation and control of integrated urban wastewater system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper is concerned with the integrated modelling, and control of urban wastewater systems (UWS) comprising the wastewater treatment plants (WTP), receiving waters (river) and the sewer networks. A unified framework is developed and simple models are
Graells, F P, Katebi, M R
core   +1 more source

Modelling of biofilters for ammonium reduction in combined sewer overflow

open access: yesWater Science and Technology, 2009
Biofiltration has proved to be a useful system to treat combined sewer overflow (CSO). The study presented uses numerical simulation to detect the critical operating conditions of the filter. The multi-component reactive transport module CW2D was used for the simulation study.
Henrichs, M., Welker, A., Uhl, M.
openaire   +2 more sources

The microbiome of urban waters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
More than 50% of the world’s population lives in urban centers. As collection basins for landscape activity, urban waters are an interface between human activity and the natural environment. The microbiome of urban waters could provide insight into
Jenny C. Fisher   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The Paris Sewer Renaissance: Data, Health and Participatory Science

open access: yesBlue Papers
Aging urban wastewater infrastructure, often overlooked, can become a powerful lever for environmental and public health policy. Through the lens of the Parisian sewer system, this article highlights the growing pressures on sanitation networks – from ...
Thomas Thiebault   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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