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The new urban wastewater treatment directive from the perspective of the receiving rivers’ quality
Environmental Sciences EuropeBackground The European Union is reformulating key water management directives: the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and the Water Framework Directive.
Máté Krisztián Kardos +3 more
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Regulatory Framework and Public Policies for Sustainability in the Construction Sector
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyzes the role of public policies in promoting socially responsible practices in the construction sector, with a particular focus on their contribution to climate neutrality and the decarbonization of the building stock. European agreements exert increasing pressure to transform the construction sector, reinforcing the transition
Olga González‐Morales +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is substantial potential for the procurement of food by public institutions to contribute to Sustainable Development across multiple environmental, social, and economic outcomes. In this study we used theories of policy instrumentation and learning to analyse global guidance for designing public food procurement instruments to leverage ...
Erica Reeve +7 more
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Some Algae from the Ohio River Drainage Basin [PDF]
, 1958 Author Institution: Robert A.
Hirsch, Allan, Palmer, C. Mervin
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Who gets redeployed? Inventor characteristics and resource redeployment decisions
Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary While the literature highlights the benefits of internally redeploying resources, there is less empirical guidance on which resources are most likely to be redeployed. We examine the relationship between inventor characteristics and redeployment decisions, motivated by the tension between costs and benefits of keeping a ...
Kyungsoo Kim, Isin Guler, Samina Karim
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The development of water services and their interaction with water resources in European and Brazilian cities [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2008 The extension and complexity of large cities creates "urban water" and a related issue: public water services, including public water supply, sewage collection and treatment, and storm water control, had previously become a policy sector ...
B. Barraqué +2 more
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Special Issue—“Sanitary and Environmental Engineering: Relevance and Concerns” [PDF]
, 2023 Rok Fink
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Local Government planning: from data to action [PDF]
, 2012 Decentralisation is built on the assu mption that decentralized governme nts are more knowledgeable about and responsive to the needs of the poor. This article ex amines the role of local governments in Kenya and the ways in which they make their ...
Giné Garriga, Ricard +2 more
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Butylparaben (BuP) recurrently contaminates soils worldwide, mainly by incorporating sewage sludge into cultivated areas, using wastewater in irrigation, and leaching contaminated soils. However, there are few studies on the ecotoxicological effects of this paraben on edaphic organisms.
Lorena Maihury Santos Tsubouchi +13 more
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Microbiology and Immunology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a chronic skin and subcutaneous infection mainly caused by Fonsecaea pedrosoi, a dematiaceous fungus with various morphotypes. Characteristic sclerotic cells—globe‐shaped, multiseptated and pigmented—are found in lesions of infected individuals, though their differentiation in the host remains poorly understood. To
Aline Barral Takahashi +6 more
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