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Improving irrigation access to combat food insecurity and undernutrition: A review by Domènech, Laia

“…Interventions aimed at increasing water availability for livelihood and domestic activities have great potential to improve various determinants of…”
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A comparative appraisal of the use of rainwater harvesting in single and multi-family buildings of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (Spain): social experience, drinking water savings and economic costs by Domenech, Laia, Sauri, David

“…Many urban areas suffer water scarcity but paradoxically, a local source of water such as rainwater is mostly treated as a risk rather than as a valuable…”
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Socio-technical transitions in water scarcity contexts: Public acceptance of greywater reuse technologies in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona by DOMENECH, Laia, SAURI, David

“…Greywater reuse systems are becoming more and more common in the new multi-storey buildings of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. A main driver of this trend…”
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Degrowth initiatives in the urban water sector? A social multi-criteria evaluation of non-conventional water alternatives in Metropolitan Barcelona by Domènech, Laia, March, Hug, Saurí, David

“…Debates on degrowth have mainly focused on theoretical issues, specially around the unsustainability of the current economic model based on growth. Along those…”
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Water conservation campaigns and citizen perceptions: the drought of 2007–2008 in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona by March, Hug, Domènech, Laia, Saurí, David

“…Droughts are expected to become more common in Mediterranean urban contexts during the next decades. Water conservation campaigns are a crucial part of drought…”
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Games for groundwater governance: field experiments in Andhra Pradesh, India by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, Chaturvedi, Rahul, Domènech, Laia, Ghate, Rucha, Janssen, Marco A., Rollins, Nathan D., Sandeep, K

“…Groundwater is a common-pool resource that is subject to depletion in many places around the world as a result of increased use of irrigation and…”
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Contesting large-scale water supply projects at both ends of the pipe in Kathmandu and Melamchi Valleys, Nepal by Domènech, Laia, March, Hug, Saurí, David

“…► We trace the genesis of the contestation to the Melamchi Water Supply megaproject. ► We draw on Urban Political Ecology and Environmental Justice frameworks…”
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Learning processes during regime shifts: Empirical evidence from the diffusion of greywater recycling in Spain by Domènech, Laia, March, Hug, Vallès, Maria, Saurí, David

“…•We analyze the transformation of the water supply paradigm in the Barcelona area.•Local regulations were instrumental in shaping the transition toward water…”
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Rainwater harvesting for human consumption and livelihood improvement in rural Nepal: benefits and risks by Domènech, Laia, Heijnen, Han, Saurí, David

“…Use of rooftop rainwater as a source of drinking water in developing countries is increasing. However, scepticism about the potential of this source and the…”
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Local regulations on alternative water sources: greywater and rainwater use in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona by Domènech, Laia, Vallès, Maria

“…Alternative water resources are gaining momentum in Catalonia (north-east Spain) in an effort to promote water conservation and build resilience against…”
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What Influences Advertising Price in Television Channels?: An Empirical Analysis on the Spanish Market by Bel, Germà, Domènech, Laia

“…Advertising has an important role in the media industry. In a context where advertising generates a negative externality for viewers, this article analyzes the…”
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Degrowth initiatives in the urban water sector? A social multi-criteria evaluation of non-conventional water alternatives in Metropolitan Barcelona: Degrowth: From Theory to Practice by DOMENECH, Laia, MARCH, Hug, SAURI, David

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Subsidizing the sustainability of rural water supply: the experience of the Brazilian rural rainwater-harvesting programme by Gomes, Uende A. F., Heller, Léo, Cairncross, Sandy, Domenèch, Laia, Pena, João L.

“…This article addresses the tension between subsidies and the sustainability of rural water supply systems based on research carried out in Minas Gerais,…”
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The Role of Aromaticity, Hybridization, Electrostatics, and Covalency in Resonance‐Assisted Hydrogen Bonds of Adenine–Thymine (AT) Base Pairs and Their Mimics by Guillaumes, L., Simon, S., Fonseca Guerra, C.

“…Hydrogen bonds play a crucial role in many biochemical processes and in supramolecular chemistry. In this study, we show quantum chemically that neither…”
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Rainwater harvesting for human consumption and livelihood improvement in rural N epal: benefits and risks by Domènech, Laia, Heijnen, Han, Saurí, David

“…Use of rooftop rainwater as a source of drinking water in developing countries is increasing. However, scepticism about the potential of this source and the…”
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LOCAL REGULATIONS ON ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES: GREYWATER AND RAINWATER USE IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION OF BARCELONA by Laia Domènech, Maria Vallès

“…Las fuentes alternativas de agua están ganando importancia en Cataluña (nordeste de España) como resultado de las nuevas políticas locales que promueven la…”
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Games for groundwater governance: field experiments in Andhra Pradesh, India by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, Chaturvedi, Rahul, Domènech, Laia, Ghate, Rucha, Janssen, Marco A, Rollins, Nathan D, Sandeep, K

“…Groundwater is a common-pool resource that is subject to depletion in many places around the world as a result of increased use of irrigation and…”
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A Captação de Água de Chuva no Brasil: Novos Aportes a Partir de um Olhar Internacional by GOMES, UENDE, DOMÈNECH, LAIA, PENA, JOÃO, HELLER, LÉO, PALMIER, LUIZ

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