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Decentralized valorization of residual flows as an alternative to the traditional urban waste management system: The case of Peñalolén in Santiago de Chile.
Urban residual flows contain significant amounts of valuable nutrients, which, if recovered, could serve as input for the own city needs or those of its immediate surroundings. In this study, the possibilities for decentralized ...
Cities, autonomy, and decentralization in Japan
Japan is known as a country in which a potent central power reigns over a compliant
pyramidal hierarchy. For planning this has meant strong centralized government
control. Yet, examples of autonomy have always existed ...
Administration of post-reformation decentralization government
(Universidad del Zulia, 2019)
Urban consensus : contributions from the Latin American and the Caribbean Regional Plan of Action on Human Settlements
(ECLAC, 2011-09-06)
Explores how the regional situation has developed during the 1990s which respect to the broad thematic areas. Reviews settlement trends in Latin America and the Caribbean on the basis of statistics and analysis recently ...
Management challenges for a more decentralized treatment and reuse of domestic wastewater in metropolitan areas
(IWA Publishing, 2018-03)
In a case study located in suburban sectors of the metropolitan area of the Lerma Valley (Valle de Lerma), in the province of Salta (Argentina), 24 informal decentralized wastewater treatment systems (DWWTS) were evaluated. ...
Decentralized valorization of residual flows as an alternative to the traditional urban waste management system: The case of Peñalolén in Santiago de Chile.
Urban residual flows contain significant amounts of valuable nutrients, which, if recovered, could serve as input for the own city needs or those of its immediate surroundings. In this study, the possibilities for decentralized ...
Implementation of promotion and prevention activities in decentralized health systems: comparative case studies from Chile and Brazil
(OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2005)
The policies for restructuring health systems in Latin America during the 1990s have included an emphasis on changing in the model of health care delivery to one that incorporates prevention and promotion activities. At ...
Hygienisation, Gentrification, and Urban Displacement in Brazil
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2019-10-24)
This article engages recent debates over gentrification and urban displacement in the global South. While researchers increasingly suggest that gentrification is becoming widespread in Southern cities, others argue that ...