Environmental technology. sanitary engineering

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THE VIOLENCE OF FULL COST RECOVERY: Financing Water Infrastructure, and the History and Future of Perpetual Crisis in Mombasa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
wiley +1 more source

Measured performance of a large excavation on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus

, 2001
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 228-233).by Matthew Blake Olsen.S ...
Olsen, Matthew Blake, 1975-
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Uncovering Biogas Outcomes: Tales of Hubris, Hope, and Failure From Southern Malawi

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to speak directly to biogas failure. Over the past two decades, immense amounts of money have been spent by African governments, private individuals, and most conspicuously, international aid agencies and donors, on countless biogas projects in every country on the continent.
Marc Kalina +4 more
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An examination of the sewage discharged from Moon Island and its effect on the waters of Boston Harbor

, 1897
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1897.by E. P.
Osgood, E. P
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Does Rodent Management Impact the Distribution of Rattus rattus and Mastomys natalensis in Village Settings?

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Ecological differences between species may result in differential impacts of control measures. Our experimental study showed that intensive removal of rodents from houses (mostly Rattus rattus) resulted in increased use of houses by Mastomys natalensis, a species usually found outdoors. Our results suggest that M.
Herieth Mkomwa +7 more
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Behavior of structural frames subjected to underground explosions

, 1952
Thesis (Sc.D.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept.
Matsuda, Fujio
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Aligning Transnational due Diligence: The EU Deforestation Regulation and Brazil's Fragmented Beef Governance

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transnational due diligence regulations, such as the European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐Free Products (EUDR), are reshaping sustainability governance by transforming voluntary norms into binding global rules. Yet, their effectiveness depends on how well they align with domestic governance systems and on the power asymmetries that ...
John James Loomis +2 more
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Informalisation Within IOs Under Geopolitical Pressure? WTO Negotiations on Development, Environment and Inclusiveness

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether and how the informalisation of negotiations within international organisations (IOs) affects the effectiveness of particular negotiation agendas. Moving beyond broad‐brush diagnoses of multilateral gridlock, it develops a differentiated account of how pockets of effectiveness can be maintained under conditions of ...
Clara Weinhardt, Michal Parizek, Jayati Srivastava +2 more
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Study of freight train operation on the Boston and Maine Railroad with particular reference to Tonnage Rating and utilization of locomotives

, 1931
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1931by John P. Ramsey, Jr.M.S.M.S.
Ramsey, John P. (John Patterson)
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Destruction of bacteria by ultrasonic vibrations [PDF]

, 1951
Thesis (Sc.D.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept.
Horton, John P
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