A5009575906- Water resources management and optimization
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Mine drainage and remediation techniques
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Mining and Resource Management
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Cambodian History and Society
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Risk and Safety Analysis
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Newcastle University
2015-2025
Tyndall Centre
2023
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital
2015
University of Newcastle Australia
2005-2013
Institution de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles
2007
Institut Químic de Sarrià
1990
Thermoelectric generation contributes to 80% of global electricity production. Cooling thermoelectric plants is often achieved by water abstractions from the natural environment. In England and Wales, sector responsible for approximately half all 40% non-tidal surface abstractions. We present a model that quantifies current use UK it test six decarbonisation pathways 2050. The consist variety technologies, with associated cooling methods, factors sources. find up 2030, across fairly...
Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) have the potential to produce energy from wastewater. However, they are far ready be applied into industry. The development of large and pilot-scale harness value-added chemicals is widely regarded as one greatest research challenges in this field. There several reasons for this: i) expensive, ii) difficult engineer, iii) data that can derived them often limited, rarely duplicate, disproportionate time commitment. Given these restrictions, systematic reviews...
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) have the potential to deliver energy-neutral wastewater treatment. Pilot-scale tests proven that they can operate at low temperatures with real wastewaters. However, volumetric treatment rates (VTRs) been low, reducing ability for this technology compete activated sludge (AS). This paper describes a pilot-scale microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) operated in continuous flow 6 months. The reactor was fed return liquor, concentrated filtrate of anaerobic...
Abstract Water resources planning in England has undergone a significant transformation from fragmented, piecemeal approach to more strategic, multi-scale framework. This shift is response the pressing need for increased resilience face of climate change, population growth, and environmental pressures. Recognising limitations existing frameworks established during privatisation, new national, regional, company, sub-regional have emerged address gaps enhance strategic efforts. Understanding...
The removal of a nonrenewable natural resource such as metals or petrochemicals hardly meets the definition "sustainable". However methods used to extract materials can be designed for overall environmental protection. Theoretically controllable variables include water use, transportation methods, and potential remediation/landscape alteration postclosure period. Further, in case metals, recycling means that long-term sustainability resources realized. Amezaga et al. review how mining...
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) provides the opportunity to minimize atmospheric carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants. However, CCS increases cooling water use few studies have simulated potential impacts of low flows on plant reliability. We present a framework simulate natural hydrological variability climatic changes availability for portfolios capacity technologies. The methods are applied River Trent, UK's largest inland source electricity generation capacity. Under medium...
Méndez, P. F., N. Isendahl, J. M. Amezaga, and L. Santamaría. 2012. Facilitating transitional processes in rigid institutional regimes for water management wetland conservation: experience from the Guadalquivir Estuary. Ecology Society 17(1): 26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04494-170126
Méndez, P. F., J. M. Amezaga, and L. Santamaría. 2019. Explaining path-dependent rigidity traps: increasing returns, power, discourses, entrepreneurship intertwined in social-ecological systems. Ecology Society 24(2):30. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10898-240230
Water Sensitive Planning (WSP) recognizes the centrality of water in urban built environment, something often overlooked planning systems. WSP was primarily developed for western city contexts but many cities Global South are rapidly urbanizing, and informal settlements predominant form development, with limited existing provision. A new framework is needed these contexts. This paper envisions what a theory would look like to enhance security, using Delhi as starting point. Firstly,...
The Watershed Sustainability Index WSI, developed as an integrated method to assess the sustainability of basin management, and particularly water resource was applied in Elqui River Basin over a period five years (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005).The watershed is located semiarid region Chile, it has been incorporated into Network UNESCO HELP Program.The result overall WSI score 0.61 (within possible range 0 1), rating "intermediate".The main strengths were related Environment Policies...
Research and policy debates over natural resource management in developing countries have largely focused on identifying the set of institutions that best supports sustainability poverty alleviation. We argue beyond finding right institutional fit for a social-ecological system, it is equally important to understand how context affects design outcomes reforms. propose refined conceptualisation context, based revision Institutional Analysis Development framework. defend systematic analysis...
During the 1980s, John Kalbermatten and his colleagues at World Bank revolutionised urban sanitation planning. last 30 years planning theory has evolved from an engineering focus to a more participatory, multi-disciplinary user-focused future, informed largely by work of Kalbermatten. This paper looks number most important approaches that have emerged post-Kalbermatten seeks trace influence Kalbermatten's on their theoretical underpinnings characteristics. The extent which other ideas, such...
As is the case elsewhere in world, water governance Ethiopia a by-product of complex set various global and local socio-political, economic, ecological discourses narratives. However, many competitive often conflicting on shaping Ethiopian Central Rift Valley (CRV) have not been examined chronicled. This paper investigates different discourses, narratives, debates their implications for satisfying growing demand water. The study was grounded political economy ecology theoretical frameworks....
Although desalination by membrane processes is a possible solution to the problem of freshwater supply, related cost and energy demands prohibit its use on global scale. Hence, there an emerging necessity for alternative, cost-efficient methods water desalination. Cyanobacteria are oxygen-producing, photosynthetic bacteria that actively grow in vast blooms both fresh seawater bodies. Moreover, cyanobacteria can with minimal nutrient requirements under natural sunlight. Taking these...
Many theoretical urban sanitation planning approaches exist, but there is limited evidence of the successful implementation these approaches, prompting questions about their suitability, especially in complex environments low-income countries. Using primary and secondary data from Lusaka, Zambia, we explore possible limitations informal peri-urban areas. The findings show that while “enabling environment” aspects stressed by literature are weak here, limiting factors significantly affected a...