The urbanization process, besides being a positive symptom of a country's development, has been one of the drivers of urban segregation, with the migration of the urban poor to areas with precarious and risky conditions. ...

The use of reinforcement elements in reinforced soil walls results in structures with a mechanical performance superior to others not using these elements, allowing, besides, that structures reach tall heights and steeply ...

This study proposes a combined approach of the DPSIR (Driving forces-Pressures-State-Impact-Response) model with water allocation modelling to evaluate water demand management strategies in the ...

Polishing Lagoons (LP) are post-treatment units treated with effluents previously treated anaerobically. As LP depends on some factors so that it can perform well, such as the hydrodynamic regime to be operated (continuous ...

Depending on the dynamics of a landfill operation, the gravimetric composition of the waste and weather conditions, factors such as the applied normal stress, moisture content and unit weight of the waste vary at ...

The need to develop and improve structural analysis systems for flexible pavements enabled the emergence of new evaluation methods of its mechanical behavior. Instrumentation is based on install strain gages, pressure cells ...

Accurate information on the land cover is crucial for efficient monitoring and development of environmental studies in the Brazilian Caatinga forest, one of the largest and most biodiverse dry forests on the planet. ...

In developing countries, due to deficient sanitation, untreated wastewaters are discharged irregularly into surface water bodies and drainage channels. In these countries, agricultural reuse is generally not regulated and ...

The lack of basic sanitation services poses a serious threat to the human population, causing impacts in several sectors. Understanding the factors that increase the vulnerability of people and territories allows identifying ...

For geotechnical engineering, an adequate investigation of the soil covers the assessment of the nature and behavior of all geological and geotechnical aspects of the study area as well as the environmental conditions to ...