Developing countries experience a huge gap in the coverage of collection and treatment of domestic wastewater. Where wastewater treatment facilities exist, they often work below design standards. This leads to the discharge ...

The waste disposal crisis and development of various types of concrete simulated by the construction industry has encouraged further research to safely utilize the wastes and develop accurate predictive models for estimation ...

This thesis examines the performance of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) as advisor to African governments on Economic policy and planning. The thesis focuses on countries within the Economic community of West ...

The question of why states maintain nuclear weapons typically receives short shrift: it’s security, silly. The international is a perilous place, and nuclear weapons represent the ultimate self-help device. Other ‘factors’ ...

The ability of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) with endocrine disrupting properties to interfere with the developing reproductive system is of increasing concern. POPs are transferred from dams to offspring and the ...

Permaculture has been argued to be a sustainable alternative to industrial agriculture, with the potential to avoid the negative social and ecological consequences associated with large-scale monocultures. Through the lens ...

Overflateavrenning fra tette flater øker risikoen for flom, og skader resipienter og vassdrag ved å tilføre partikler og miljøgifter, noe som kan løses ved å håndtere mer overvann lokalt. I dag håndteres det meste av ...