Pujades Garnes, Estanislao (Date of defense: 2013-11-27)
Underground constructions below the water table may be problematic if the role of groundwater is not properly acknowledged. Difficulties worsen in urban environments. Two aspects should be taken into ...
Marazuela Calvo, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2020-07-03)
This thesis aims to advance the knowledge of the hydrogeological functioning of salt flats in order to achieve a sustainable management of their mineral resources and ecosystems. Salt flats are a major ...
Serrano Juan, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2016-07-22)
The competition for space in urban areas due to an exponential growth of population makes derground engineering plays a crucial role in the development of cities. Urban underground infrastructures deal ...
Tubau Fernández, Isabel (Date of defense: 2016-02-04)
In the city of Barcelona and the townships situated in the deltaic area of the Besòs River, groundwater is recognized as an aspect of urban water cycle management. There is groundwater seepage into ...
Jurado Elices, Anna (Date of defense: 2013-10-21)
Ensuring good water quality is becoming a major challenge in urban areas. Urban aquifers may suffer pollution from different recharge sources such as water leakage from sewer and septic systems, seepage ...
Criollo Manjarrez, Rotman A. (Date of defense: 2019-03-08)
The conceptualisation of a groundwater system involves continuous monitoring and evaluation of a large number of parameters (e.g., hydraulic parameters). Regarding hydraulic properties of the aquifers, ...
García Alcaraz, María del Mar (Date of defense: 2016-03-04)
This thesis promotes an efficient use of shallow geothermal energy by means of an integrated management system to organize its exploitation. Shallow geothermal energy is a renewable resource based on ...
Velasco Mansilla, Domitila Violeta (Date of defense: 2013-12-17)
The detailed 3D hydrogeological modelling of sedimentary media that form important aquifers is very complex because of: (1) the natural intrinsic heterogeneity of the geological media, (2) the need for ...
Scheiber Pagès, Laura (Date of defense: 2017-06-09)
The natural environment in which we live, is subjected, to a greater or lesser extent, to the pressure of human activity, with water being one of the most sensitive elements. For this reason, aware of ...
Font Capó, Jordi (Date of defense: 2012-09-26)
A number of problems, e.g. sudden inflows are encountered during tunneling under the piezometric level, especially when the excavation crosses high transmissivity areas. These inflows may drag materials ...
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