The Zero-Waste towards a Sustainable Community project was created to help the community to establish waste management programme that best suit the community, trains the community on best practices of waste management toward zero waste, and increase community awareness on waste management. The Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has collaborated […]
Primary Partner Type: State Government
Environmental Screening and Preliminary Assessment Report
3. PROJECT ALIGNMENT DESCRIPTION The Projected Corridor STARTS from Chainage @ 00.000 Km (NH – 74) with coordinates (28°57’19.26” N and 79°25’47.66” E) and traverses through mostly government land and paddy fields and circles the City. Rudrapur Bypass Road Crosses NH – 87 (New NH – 09) and NH – 74 (New NH – 309) […]
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Mieles de Colima, caracterización palinológica y alternativas de producción.
RESUMEN EJECUTIVO El Plan Estatal de Desarrollo de Colima 2021–2027 establece que, entre otras actividades económicas, se debe impulsar el campo para tener empleos dignos, así como generar oportunidades a grupos vulnerables. Para ello el Gobierno del Estado de Colima a través de la Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Rural buscará alternativas para el mejoramiento de las […]
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Seguridad hídrica en tiempos de incertidumbre climática.
El agua es un elemento vital para el desarrollo de las regiones, satisfaciendo las necesidades de las poblaciones, la industria y los ecosistemas. La Península de Santa Elena se caracteriza por ser una región con un importante déficit hídrico, donde las fuentes locales de agua dulce son escazas y generalmente asociadas a los acuíferos presentes. […]
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Identification of High-Risk Dry-Cleaning Sites in San Diego County: Data Collection and Remediation
The goal of this project was to locate and collect site data for all present and historical dry cleaners in San Diego County. Additional data pertained to dry cleaning sites’ responsible parties and operation status. This report pertains to the first phase of this project, which was conducted by students in Environmental Engineering 558: Solid […]
Identification of High-Risk Dry Cleaning Sites in San Diego County: Spatial Analysis
Hazardous chemicals used in traditional dry-cleaning methods pose a serious threat to population health when spilled or discharged illegally into the environment. Children, the elderly, individuals with certain medical conditions, or those living in disadvantaged communities are at even greater risk. San Diego State University students collaborated with the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control […]
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New Market Plains Vineyard Redesign
New Market Plains Vineyard is situated on a 260+ acre farm in the town of New Market within Fredrick County, Maryland. The town of New Market and the owners of New Market Plains Vineyard, in coordination with the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS) and undergraduate Landscape Architecture students at the University of Maryland, […]
MyCoast Pilot Communities
Maryland’s MyCoast Program is a strategic effort to anticipate and assess the impacts of flooding events across the state. MyCoast is a National program with the mission to document tides, storm damage, beach cleanups, nuisance flooding and more to allow decision makers, emergency managers, and others to use public reports to make better decisions. MyCoast: […]
Needs Assessment and Workflow Analysis of Baltimore County Department of Public Works Operational Procedures for Managing Flood Reports
The Baltimore County Department of Public Works (BCDPW) Storm Drains Engineering Department seeks a standardized operational process and technical system that can be used within Cityworks, an asset management system used to help manage their public assets, work activities, and business process. This standardized operational process and technical system would assist BCDPW in systematically evaluating […]
Air Quality in Prince George’s County During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Through their work with the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland (UMD), the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) commissioned this report from the university’s Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS). PALS works with local jurisdictions throughout Maryland to identify projects and problems that can be taught through university courses […]
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