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Modelling and assessment of sustainable urban drainage systems in dense precarious settlements subject to flash floods

open access: yesLHB Hydroscience Journal, 2022
In developing countries, dense, precarious and informal settlements are common. In the tropics, the occurrence of intense rainfall and the increased impervious surfaces have led to disastrous flash floods. Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) are an
Luma Gabriela Fonseca Alves   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A rapid review of the background to source control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background to researchThe start of the 21st Century witnessed a revolution in drainage practices with the implementation of sustainable drainage systems (SUDS).
Berwick, Neil   +4 more
core  

Alexithymia in young adults with substance use disorders: Critical issues about specificity and treatment predictivity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Several studies have reported high rates of alexithymia in drug-dependent individuals, but supporting evidence attests association between alexithymia and a variety of psychiatric disorders, raising doubts about its specificity.
DE CARLI, Pietro   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Dialogues Sud-Sud

open access: yesRevue Tiers Monde, 2012
Since feminism is an ongoing process of practices and theorizing that unveils the complexity of the “subject” of feminism, in this essay I focus on Latin American genealogies and legacies. In the first part, I follow the anarchist, socialist and liberal roots of Latin American feminism.
openaire   +3 more sources

Views of Vidigal: negotiating opportunities and risks in a gentrifying favela in Rio de Janeiro Favela avec vue : négocier opportunités et risques dans un quartier en voie de gentrification à Rio de Janeiro

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
wiley   +1 more source

Source control SUDS strategic directions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background to researchThe uptake or transition from traditional drainage to sustainable drainage (SUDS) in Scotland has happened in a relatively short timescale (less than fifteen years) with site and regional control drainage structures such as ponds ...
Berwick, Neil   +4 more
core  

SuDS/BMPs/WSUD/SCMs: convergence to a blue-green infrastructure

open access: yesUrban Water Journal, 2019
In the original call for this special issue, we encouraged submissions on the broadest range of SuDS topics, from water quality performance to community engagement, from cost and benefits to adaptability and maintenance.
V. Stovin, R. Ashley
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

Substance Use Disorder Treatment Decision Aid for Adults in Chittenden County Vermont [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Substance Abuse Disorders (SUDs) are a prevalent public health concern in both the national and local arena resulting in millions of dollars in pubic health costs and loss of life.
McLeod, Elizabeth V
core   +1 more source

A brief history of research on the genetics of alcohol and other drug use disorders. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
ObjectiveThis article reviews developments in research on genetic influences on alcohol and other drug use and disorders over the past 7 decades.MethodThe author began with a review of the flow and content of articles published in the three iterations of
Schuckit, Marc A
core   +2 more sources

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