Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto 89 CUADE... more Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto 89 CUADERNOS DEL CENDES AÑO 22. N° 59 TERCERA ÉPOCA MAYO-AGOSTO 2005 Posibilidades y limitaciones de la participación privada en la prestación de servicios de agua y saneamiento:
Solving water access for human consumption in Mexico has been a challenge since the Pre-Hispanic ... more Solving water access for human consumption in Mexico has been a challenge since the Pre-Hispanic period, mainly due to the geographic distribution of water and its hydrological characteristics in the area. Since those days until today, syncretistic process have been taking place to solve water needs emerging amongst the population, these processes included both the introduction of completely new elements and the renaming as well as the redesigning of already existing devices for water manipulation. In this paper two of the following devices are considered to analyze the causes of use and disuse of devices themselves for human water provision. The first device existed just before the Pre-Hispanic period, namely jagüey and refer to artificial rainwater deposits carved in the soil near the hills, houses or buildings. The second one, introduced by the Spaniards and taken from the Arab influence, aims at infiltrating galleries, underground horizontal channels transporting water by gravit...
This document is an output from a project funded by the UK Department for International Developme... more This document is an output from a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for the benefit of developing countries. The views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID. DPU Service Provision Governance in the Peri-urban Interface of Metropolitan Areas ii About the project This report is one of several outputs from the project Service provision governance in the peri-urban interface of metropolitan areas. This is a three-year project run by the Development Planning Unit, University College London in collaboration with a number of institutions from developing countries and with support from the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID). The purpose of the project is to improve guidance on governance and management of water and sanitation in the peri-urban interface (PUI) of metropolitan areas, in order to increase access by the poor and promote environmental sustainability. Presently there is a gap in the operating knowledge of i...
Concerns about the risks of altered genes migrating into non-crop plants and the risks of pests, ... more Concerns about the risks of altered genes migrating into non-crop plants and the risks of pests, such as insects and viruses, developing a resistance to genetically modified plant pesticides are of critical concern to people opposed to genetic engineering, such as Britain' s Prince Charles and the Greenpeace organization. Yet, with more than 67 million acres of transgenic crops in the world today, just 25 years after the discovery of gene splicing technology, we cannot turn back the clock. If anything, the demand for genetically modified food and fiber crops is accelerating. To address the concerns about gene escape, the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council's 10 th annual meeting, Agricultural Biotechnology and Environmental Quality: Gene Escape and Pest Resistance, hosted by Clemson University, debated the research and development, regulatory and public policy, and industrial and economic issues surrounding genetic engineering. More than 130 participants from 30 states and three foreign countries, representing consumer groups, industry, government and academia, attended the conference. In addition, news media representatives, from CNN television, Progressive Farmer, Chemical and Engineering News, and Southeast Farm Press served as moderators for the plenary sessions. Conference participants heard presentations by nine authorities representing the full spectrum of viewpoints on biotechnology, from strongly supportive to strongly opposed. In keeping with the tradition of NABC conferences, all exchanges were conducted in an open forum, respectful of diverse opinions. Contrasting the general acceptance of agricultural biotechnology by growers with the public's fears was Carl B. Loop, Jr., president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. "Biotechnology is here to stay and will be the future of
La sustentabilidad urbano-ambiental La dimensión demográfica Situación técnica e infraestructura ... more La sustentabilidad urbano-ambiental La dimensión demográfica Situación técnica e infraestructura Tendencias del sector Dimensión político-institucional Dimensión político-social El sistema tarifario Conclusiones Referencias Entrevistas WATERLAT-GOBACIT Network Working Papers Research Projects Series SPIPRW-PRINWASS Project-Vol. 3 N o 2 Castro, José Esteban (Ed.
Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto 89 CUADE... more Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto 89 CUADERNOS DEL CENDES AÑO 22. N° 59 TERCERA ÉPOCA MAYO-AGOSTO 2005 Posibilidades y limitaciones de la participación privada en la prestación de servicios de agua y saneamiento:
Solving water access for human consumption in Mexico has been a challenge since the Pre-Hispanic ... more Solving water access for human consumption in Mexico has been a challenge since the Pre-Hispanic period, mainly due to the geographic distribution of water and its hydrological characteristics in the area. Since those days until today, syncretistic process have been taking place to solve water needs emerging amongst the population, these processes included both the introduction of completely new elements and the renaming as well as the redesigning of already existing devices for water manipulation. In this paper two of the following devices are considered to analyze the causes of use and disuse of devices themselves for human water provision. The first device existed just before the Pre-Hispanic period, namely jagüey and refer to artificial rainwater deposits carved in the soil near the hills, houses or buildings. The second one, introduced by the Spaniards and taken from the Arab influence, aims at infiltrating galleries, underground horizontal channels transporting water by gravit...
This document is an output from a project funded by the UK Department for International Developme... more This document is an output from a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for the benefit of developing countries. The views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID. DPU Service Provision Governance in the Peri-urban Interface of Metropolitan Areas ii About the project This report is one of several outputs from the project Service provision governance in the peri-urban interface of metropolitan areas. This is a three-year project run by the Development Planning Unit, University College London in collaboration with a number of institutions from developing countries and with support from the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID). The purpose of the project is to improve guidance on governance and management of water and sanitation in the peri-urban interface (PUI) of metropolitan areas, in order to increase access by the poor and promote environmental sustainability. Presently there is a gap in the operating knowledge of i...
Concerns about the risks of altered genes migrating into non-crop plants and the risks of pests, ... more Concerns about the risks of altered genes migrating into non-crop plants and the risks of pests, such as insects and viruses, developing a resistance to genetically modified plant pesticides are of critical concern to people opposed to genetic engineering, such as Britain' s Prince Charles and the Greenpeace organization. Yet, with more than 67 million acres of transgenic crops in the world today, just 25 years after the discovery of gene splicing technology, we cannot turn back the clock. If anything, the demand for genetically modified food and fiber crops is accelerating. To address the concerns about gene escape, the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council's 10 th annual meeting, Agricultural Biotechnology and Environmental Quality: Gene Escape and Pest Resistance, hosted by Clemson University, debated the research and development, regulatory and public policy, and industrial and economic issues surrounding genetic engineering. More than 130 participants from 30 states and three foreign countries, representing consumer groups, industry, government and academia, attended the conference. In addition, news media representatives, from CNN television, Progressive Farmer, Chemical and Engineering News, and Southeast Farm Press served as moderators for the plenary sessions. Conference participants heard presentations by nine authorities representing the full spectrum of viewpoints on biotechnology, from strongly supportive to strongly opposed. In keeping with the tradition of NABC conferences, all exchanges were conducted in an open forum, respectful of diverse opinions. Contrasting the general acceptance of agricultural biotechnology by growers with the public's fears was Carl B. Loop, Jr., president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. "Biotechnology is here to stay and will be the future of
La sustentabilidad urbano-ambiental La dimensión demográfica Situación técnica e infraestructura ... more La sustentabilidad urbano-ambiental La dimensión demográfica Situación técnica e infraestructura Tendencias del sector Dimensión político-institucional Dimensión político-social El sistema tarifario Conclusiones Referencias Entrevistas WATERLAT-GOBACIT Network Working Papers Research Projects Series SPIPRW-PRINWASS Project-Vol. 3 N o 2 Castro, José Esteban (Ed.
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