The improvement and efficiency of sanitary sewage systems depend on management from an integrated perspective. An important stage that composes the sewage systems is the management of the solid waste generated, however, ...

In water supply systems, one of the types of loss are the Real Losses, mainly caused by leaks in water distribution networks and, therefore, constitute one of the most complex and urgent problems to enable a water resources ...

In an urban context, many technological advances in areas such as remote sensing, computation, and information technology have enabled the gathering of a massive quantity of geographic data, which contributes to the decision ...

The increase in the population's consumption rates, domestic activities and sweeping and public cleaning services results in the generation of municipal solid waste (MSW). When disposed of inadequately, they generate ...

In Brazil, total access to basic sanitation is a challenge, where the rates of care and deficit vary according to the income, region, and isolation of the areas and size of the municipality. The absence of adequate management ...

The processes of occupation of the territory by man, in a disorderly way, cause changes in land use that impact the environment and the life of the population. The consequence of these appropriations interferes not only ...

This thesis investigates the use of happiness as a guiding principle to comprehensively understand the production of urban space. To do this, the concept of happiness is analyzed in different theoretical perspectives, ...

The impact of urbanization and industrialization on the natural environment has aroused the interest of many researchers since the end of the 19th century, when the increase in urban air temperature compared to the rural ...

In recent decades, urban acceleration due to market speculation has led to situations of imbalance between the environment and the anthropic environment. The implementation of human activities in a peri-urban environment ...