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Self-sustaining Urban Roads: A way to improve Environmental performance of urban areas (LIFESURE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Background In 2005, 76% of the total population of Western Europe - or 141 million people - lived in urban areas. By 2030, it is projected that this figure will have increased to 81.7%. One of the key impacts of greater numbers in our urban spaces is increased demand on urban transport networks. Authorities are confronted with the challenge of reconcilin ...
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ECOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF ACID DRAINAGE (LIFE-ETAD)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background Social and economic development in the south-west of the Iberian Peninsula - mainly Huelva, Spain - has been strongly associated with intensive mining in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB). This belt of land - approximately 250 km long and 30-50 km wide – is a notable source of volcanic and sediment-hosted deposits of sulphide. Its original reserv ...
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Sustainable Pavements & Railways Initial Training Network (SUP&R ITN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"The design, construction, maintenance, use and end-of-life management of road pavements and railways is associated with a number of important impacts on the environment; namely the consequences of energy consumption, unsustainable use of materials/resources, waste generation and release of hazardous substances into the environment. It is estimated that over 80% of all these environmental impacts ...
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