English Sanitary Institutions

The Life and Doctrine of Sir Edwin Chadwick

fashion to belittle and besmirch, though his early activities in associati on with Bentham, Grote and the Mills, father and son, commenc ed some years before the accession of Queen Victoria. When that reign began, as Sir John Simon truly observes, " there existed hardly a glimmer of intelligent public interest in matters affecting the public health." The changes that came in quick succession du...

[Comments on the teaching of sanitary engineering in Latin America].

1 Published in Spanish in B&tin de la Oficina Sanikm%z Panamericana Vol. LXII, No. 6 (June 1967), pp. 531-537. 2 Consultant in Sanitary Engineering Education, PAHO/WHO, Zone II, Mexico City. future in view of the increasing needs in environmental sanitation. Manpower is the major factor in the success or failure of the national sanitation programs, for the financing problem has been largely ove...

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ACHR 35/2000.11 Original: English XXXV MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH RESEARCH

Globalisation, Sustainability and the Role of Institutions: the Case of the Chilean Salmon Industry

The importance of aquaculture in the fishery sector is increasing. The growth of aquaculture complements the stagnant growth of extractive fisheries. Many countries are now entering this emerging economic activity. This positive feature has some serious drawbacks when the country has no local institutions to ensure the environmental sustainability of aquaculture. The Chilean salmon farming indu...

Modelling and automation of water and wastewater treatment processes

The 8th International Symposium on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (SIDISA 08) was held in Florence, Italy, on June 24–28, 2008 and hosted a special session on the applications of modelling and automation to water and wastewater treatment processes. The session, under the auspices of IWA, ISWA Italy, GE Water & Process Technologies and many other local institutions, was attended by over ...