Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@conference {2433, title = {Water and sanitation: lessons learned from the past to a sustainable future}, journal = {4th IWA International Symposium on Water and Wastewater Technologies in Ancient Civilizations}, year = {2016}, month = {2016-09-17 00:00:00}, address = {Coimbra, Portugal}, abstract = {Keynote outline:
1. Water and Sanitation: from Antiquiy to the XXI Century
- Urban water: Drinking water- the main concern
- Poor sanitation systems: a threat for public health
2. Water and Sanitation: Toward to a sustainable future?
- Water and Sanitation: current situation
- Demography, urbanisation and climate change
- Public health: the complex challenges of the contemporary world
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}, keywords = {ancient civilizations, sanitation, Sustainability, Water}, author = {Vieira, J. M. P.} }
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt