Publicaciones

Low-carbon electricity production through the implementation of photovoltaic panels in rooftops in urban environments: A case study for three cities in Peru

Autor(es): Ian Vázquez Rowe y otros

Geospatial Characterization of Material Stock in the Residential Sector of a Latin-American City.

Autor(es): Carlos Mesta Cornetero, Ramzy Kahhat Abedrabbo y otros

Building stock constitutes a huge repository of construction materials in a city and a potential source for replacing primary resources in the future. This article describes the application of a methodological approach for analyzing the material stock (MS) in buildings and its spatial distribution at a city-wide scale. A young Latin-American city, the city of Chiclayo in Peru, was analyzed by combining geographical information systems (GIS) data, census information, and data collected from different sources. Application of the methodology yielded specific indicators for the physical size of buildings (i.e., gross floor area and number of stories) and their material composition. The overall MS in buildings, in 2007, was estimated at 24.4 million tonnes (Mt), or 47 tonnes per capita. This mass is primarily composed of mineral materials (97.7%), mainly concrete (14.1 Mt), while organic materials (e.g., 0.15 Mt of wood) and metals (e.g., 0.40 Mt of steel) constitute the remaining share (2.3%). Moreover, historical census data and projections were used to evaluate the changes in the MS from 1981 to 2017; showing a 360% increase of the MS in the last 36 years. This study provides essential supporting information for urban planners, helping to provide a better understanding of the availability of resources in the city and its future potential supply for recycling as well as to develop strategies for the management of construction and demolition waste.

Assessing water footprint in a wine appellation: A case study for Ribeiro in Galicia, Spain

Autor(es): Ian Vázquez Rowe y otros

Introducing the Green Protein Footprint method as an understandable measure of the environmental cost of anchovy consumption

Autor(es): Ian Vázquez Rowe y otros

Climate change mitigation opportunities based on carbon footprint estimates of dietary patterns in Peru

Autor(es): Ian Vázquez Rowe, Gustavo Larrea Gallegos y otros

Esta publicación académica se realiza en el marco del proyecto "Reducción del impacto ambiental de la Canasta Básica Alimentaria (CBA) en el Perú - WALAYA"

The importance of using life cycle assessment in policy support to determine the sustainability of fishing fleets: a case study for the small-scale xeito fishery in Galicia, Spain

Autor(es): Ian Vázquez Rowe y otros

Natural disasters and climate change call for the urgent decentralization of urban water systems

Autor(es): Ian Vázquez Rowe, Ramzy Kahhat Abedrabbo y otros

The threat of road expansion in the Peruvian Amazon

Autor(es): Ian Vázquez Rowe, Gustavo Larrea Gallegos y otros