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Evaluation of the Embedded Environmental Impacts of the Sanitary Sewer System Using Life Cycle Assessment

, 2020
This study identifies the overall impact that the installation and construction phase of sanitary sewer systems have on the environment. Construction data on sanitary sewer systems from small Nebraska communities was collected and compared to the ...
Law, Kimberly
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Issues in Implementation of EU Regulations in Terms of Evaluation of Water Losses: Towards Energy Efficiency Optimization in Water Supply Systems

Energies
The water and sewage sector is responsible for approximately 3.5% of energy consumption in the European Union (EU). Leaks causing water losses in water distribution systems (WDSs) are responsible for approximately 24% of water consumption in the EU ...
Agnieszka Ociepa-Kubicka, Iwona Deska, Ewa Ociepa   +2 more
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Amidst (waste) abundance: world‐making and struggles in hosting a municipal landfill in the Bolivian lowlands Au milieu de l'abondance (de déchets) : fabrication du monde et luttes liées à la gestion d'une décharge municipale dans les basses terres de Bolivie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In recent decades, solid waste has proliferated worldwide, becoming a pressing global issue. This article explores the role of Indigenous people dwelling within and upon emerging waste scenarios, with a specific focus on involved forms of sociality and ontological contestation. Drawing on the case of a municipal landfill sited on a Guarani community in
Vanesa Martín Galán
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A Critical Review of the 2025 RSHE Guidance and Alternative Approach Framed in Safe Uncertainty

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This policy review critically examines the English government's 2025 statutory guidance on Relationships Education, Relationship and Sex Education and Health Education (RSHE), analysing its educational assumptions, strengths and limitations through the lens of safe uncertainty.
Emily Setty, Jonny Hunt
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Of Huts and Houses – Negotiating Authenticity and Indigeneity in a Shuar Developmental Project in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Indiana
How do tourists and Shuar project staff understand, negotiate and contest notions of authenticity and Indigeneity in the context of volunteer tourism?
Stefanie Schien
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CARE MATTERS IN THE ENTANGLED COMMONS: Perspectives on a Temporality of Urgency, Knowledge Co‐production and Infrastructures of Sociality in Diverse Urban Contexts

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Experiencing crises, such as the pandemic, has affected infrastructures of sociality and intensified social and spatial inequities while revealing the fragility of systems we depend upon. In this Interventions collection, we collaboratively search for paths toward visionary lifeworlds, taking the entangled commons as a commitment to ...
Aylin Yildirim Tschoepe
wiley   +1 more source

Community-driven sanitation improvement in deprived urban neighbourhoods: meeting the challenges of local collective action, co-production, affordability and a trans-sectoral approach. [PDF]

, 2013
There is an international consensus that urban sanitary conditions are in great need of improvement, but sharp disagreement over how this improvement should be pursued.
McGranahan, Gordon, SHARE
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Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures and their implications for international agricultural trade: challenges and opportunities; comprehensive review

Discover Agriculture
This paper examines the role of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in international agricultural trade, highlighting both their benefits and challenges. Sanitary and phytosanitary measures are regulatory instruments designed to protect human, animal and
Gezani Piet Mabunda, Ndivho Nemukondeni, Letlhogonolo Selaledi   +2 more
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Sanitary and Ecological State of the Urban Barnaul Environment in the Late 19th Century: An Attempt at Using GIS

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки
This article examines the peculiarities of the sanitary and ecological state of the urban environment. It does so based on the development and analysis of a geoinformation system reflecting the topography of Barnaul’s infrastructure facilities within the 
Dmitry Evgenievich Sarafanov, Natalia Vladimirovna Nezhentseva   +1 more
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ENTANGLED PUBLIC ESSENTIALS: Female Perspectives on Public Toilets in Portugal and How to Propel Change

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Women living in more affluent urban contexts have poor access to sanitary infrastructures owing to a lack of female public toilets. Existing toilets are often poorly maintained, and their design does not suit women’s daily needs. In this essay I use a mixed‐methods approach that combines the analysis of documents and secondary sources with the
Bruna Coelho
wiley   +1 more source