Search Results - "Poch, Manel"

Modelling the crisis management and impacts of 21st century disruptive events in tourism: the case of the COVID-19 pandemic by Aldao, Carolina, Blasco, Dani, Poch Espallargas, Manel, Palou Rubio, Saida

“…Purpose This paper aims to analyse the most significant disruptive events affecting tourism during the twenty-first century, particularly the 2020 COVID-19…”
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Using a detailed inventory of a large wastewater treatment plant to estimate the relative importance of construction to the overall environmental impacts by Morera, Serni, Corominas, Lluís, Rigola, Miquel, Poch, Manel, Comas, Joaquim

“…The aim of this work is to quantify the relative contribution to the overall environmental impact of the construction phase compared to the operational phase…”
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Occurrence and in-stream attenuation of wastewater-derived pharmaceuticals in Iberian rivers by Acuña, Vicenç, von Schiller, Daniel, García-Galán, Maria Jesús, Rodríguez-Mozaz, Sara, Corominas, Lluís, Petrovic, Mira, Poch, Manel, Barceló, Damià, Sabater, Sergi

“…A multitude of pharmaceuticals enter surface waters via discharges of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and many raise environmental and health concerns…”
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Understanding the Residential Water Demand Response to Price Changes: Measuring Price Elasticity with Social Simulations by Vidal-Lamolla, Pol, Molinos-Senante, María, Poch, Manel

“…Water pricing is an economic instrument traditionally used to reduce water demand. However, its effective implementation requires knowledge of the extent to…”
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How Scale Influences the Resilience of Urban Water Systems: A Literature Review of Trade-Offs and Recommendations by Arnaud, Nicole, Poch, Manel, Popartan, Lucia Alexandra, Corominas, Lluis, Verdaguer, Marta

“…Climate change severely affects urban water systems (UWSs). Infrastructure historically designed for milder conditions cannot manage growing water demands and…”
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From wastewater treatment plants to decentralized resource factories by Molinos-Senante, María, Poch, Manel, Rosso, Diego, Garrido-Baserba, Manel

“…Current wastewater management practices underutilize wastewater as a valuable source of water, energy, and essential plant nutrients. A new paradigm shift is…”
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Environmental Decision Support System for Biogas Upgrading to Feasible Fuel by Santos-Clotas, Eric, Cabrera-Codony, Alba, Castillo, Alba, Martín, Maria J, Poch, Manel, Monclús, Hèctor

“…Biogas production is a growing market and the existing conversion technologies require different biogas quality and characteristics. In pursuance of assisting…”
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Modelling Domestic Water Use in Metropolitan Areas Using Socio-Cognitive Agents by Perello-Moragues, Antoni, Poch, Manel, Sauri, David, Popartan, Lucia, Noriega, Pablo

“…In this paper, we present an agent-based model for exploring the interplay of basic structural and socio-cognitive factors and conventional water saving…”
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The Digital Revolution in the Urban Water Cycle and Its Ethical–Political Implications: A Critical Perspective by Popartan, Lucia Alexandra, Cortés, Àtia, Garrido-Baserba, Manel, Verdaguer, Marta, Poch, Manel, Gibert, Karina

“…The development and application of new forms of automation and monitoring, data mining, and the use of AI data sources and knowledge management tools in the…”
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Connection of neighboring wastewater treatment plants: economic and environmental assessment by Morera, Serni, Comas, Joaquim, Poch, Manel, Corominas, Lluís

“…This paper explores the potential of integrated management of neighboring wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The novelty lies in the integration of…”
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Emergence and Spread of Critical Discourses Opposing Tourism: The Case of Girona, an Urban Satellite Destination of Barcelona by Blasco, Dani, Palou Rubio, Saida, Poch Espallargas, Manel

“…This research analyses the construction of critical discourses on tourism in the city of Girona, an emerging urban satellite destination close to Barcelona…”
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Development of an Environmental Decision Support System for Enhanced Coagulation in Drinking Water Production by Suquet, Jordi, Godo-Pla, Lluís, Valentí, Meritxell, Verdaguer, Marta, Martin, Maria J., Poch, Manel, Monclús, Hèctor

“…Drinking water production is subject to multiple water quality requirements such as minimizing disinfection byproducts (DBPs) formation, which are highly…”
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The Organisational Structure of an Agent-Based Model for the Management of Wastewater Systems by Oliva-Felipe, Luis, Verdaguer, Marta, Poch, Manel, Vázquez-Salceda, Javier, Cortés, Ulises

“…Water managers have to deal with complex problems due to the intertwined characteristics of processes, in particular those that occur in wastewater systems…”
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The geographical context of wastewater treatment and reuse: a benchmarking analysis for Spanish Mediterranean Wastewater Treatment Plants by Rodríguez, Paula, Palma, David, Poch, Manel, Cugueró-Escofet, Miquel À., Sauri, David

“…This paper examines wastewater treatment and reuse in Catalonia and Valencia through a benchmarking analysis of energy intensities of wastewater treatment…”
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Crossing the Death Valley to Transfer Environmental Decision Support Systems to the Water Market by Poch, Manel, Comas, Joaquim, Cortés, Ulises, Sànchez‐Marrè, Miquel, Rodríguez‐Roda, Ignasi

“…Environmental decision support systems (EDSSs) are attractive tools to cope with the complexity of environmental global challenges. Several thoughtful reviews…”
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Optimized MBR for greywater reuse systems in hotel facilities by Atanasova, Natasa, Dalmau, Montserrat, Comas, Joaquim, Poch, Manel, Rodriguez-Roda, Ignasi, Buttiglieri, Gianluigi

“…Greywater is an important alternative water source, particularly in semi-arid, touristic areas, where the biggest water demand is usually in the dry period. By…”
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The Fourth-Revolution in the Water Sector Encounters the Digital Revolution by Garrido-Baserba, Manel, Corominas, Lluís, Cortés, Ulises, Rosso, Diego, Poch, Manel

“…The so-called fourth revolution in the water sector will encounter the Big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution. The current data surplus stemming…”
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The Economics of Wastewater Treatment Decentralization: A Techno-economic Evaluation by Garrido-Baserba, Manel, Vinardell, Sergi, Molinos-Senante, María, Rosso, Diego, Poch, Manel

“…The existing wastewater treatment infrastructure has not adequately established an efficient and sustainable use of energy, water, and nutrients. A proposed…”
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The third route: A techno-economic evaluation of extreme water and wastewater decentralization by Garrido-Baserba, Manel, Barnosell, Irene, Molinos-Senante, Maria, Sedlak, David L., Rabaey, Korneel, Schraa, Oliver, Verdaguer, Marta, Rosso, Diego, Poch, Manel

“…•Extreme decentralization of water and wastewater is technically and economically feasible.•Five decentralized layouts based on source-separation and recycling…”
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A logic-based environmental decision support system for the management of horizontal subsurface constructed wetlands by Garcia-Gasulla, Dario, Poch, Manel, Nieves, Juan Carlos, Cortés, Ulises, Turon, Claudia

“…The use of Horizontal Subsurface Constructed Wetlands (HSCWs) for treating wastewaters in small communities has increased in the last years due to HSCW's…”
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