Rapid Assessment Procedures in Environmental Sanitation Research

Rapid assessment procedures in environmental sanitation research: a case study from the northern border of Mexico.

BACKGROUND There is a need to enhance the quality and sustainability of environmental health programs in Mexico. What socio-cultural factors influenced the adoption or rejection of Clean Water in Homes programs in this population? We applied rapid appraisal procedures (RAP) to evaluate these community-based programs. METHOD Qualitative study conducted in communities along Mexico's northern bo...

Environmental impact assessment of bus rapid transit (BRT) in the Metropolitan City of Tehran

Bus rapid transit is an innovative, high capacity, lower cost public transit solution in metropolitan cities. Idea is to dedicate lanes for quick and efficient transport of passengers to their destinations. In the present investigation the environmental impact assessment of bus rapid transit  in Tehran metropolitan city is brought out. For this purpose bus rapid transit Lane No. 10 is investiga...

Food Safety and Environmental Sanitation

Uncertainty DRI Adaptive Rapid Environmental Assessment

The objective of the AREA research is to develop a probabilistic methodology for optimal, in-situ assessment of the environmental parameters most critical to the uncertainty of the acoustic prediction, within constraints of the actual acoustic system configuration and the available tactical REA resources. The goal is an efficient modeling and simulation framework, which allows for real-time pre...

Environmental management in water and sanitation programmes

Management of the environment is closely allied to sustainable development, i.e. the use of renewable and non-renewable resources for present needs without jeopardizing future/long-term needs not only those of humans but also those of the other biotic components in the environment. With humans perceived as both manipulators and managers of the biosphere that part of the earth where life exists ...