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    Water service delivery solutions in rural and peri-urban areas in developing countries : are public-public partnerships a valuable alternative to private sector participation? 

    Avolio, Ciro (Date of defense: 2016-11-18)

    This dissertation will focus on the analysis of water and sanitation service delivery solutions in the context of peri-urban and rural areas. In particular, it will investigate if public-public partnerships (PuPs) can ...

    The water-energy-food nexus to tackle climate change in Morocco 

    Barbarà Mir, Laia (Date of defense: 2020-11-12)

    The water, energy and food nexus is a theoretical approach to better understand and systematically examine the interactions between the natural environment and human activities, and to work towards a more organized management ...

    WETWALL : an innovative design concept for the treatment of urban wastewaters 

    Castellar da Cunha, Joana Amèrica (Date of defense: 2020-02-17)

    The development of society has led to a global concern regarding the improvement of resources performance, especially water. The design of nature-based solutions (NBS) for the treatment and reuse of wastewaters, in accordance ...

    WTEA : Millores de la metodologia per al desenvolupament d’auditories energètiques 

    García-Almiñana, Daniel (Date of defense: 2015-09-01)

    This PhD thesis shows the results of 10 years of energy audits for buildings as a proposal for a methodological improvement in the energy audit process itself. The main findings are referred to the three key points of any ...