ORGANIZED COMMUNITIES AND POTABLE WATER PUBLIC UTILITIES IN COLOMBIA: ADVOCACY FOR THE THIRD ECONOMIC OPTION BASED ON THE COMMON-POOL RESOURCES THEORY

Based on the theory and institutional principles proposed by Elinor Ostrom, this paper explores whether Colombian organized communities are able to provide potable water public utility in Cappuccino Cups a sustainable manner and manage it as a common-pool resource (CPR).For this purpose, a set of Colombian community aqueducts is selected and compar

Durante a epidemia de cólera que assolou o Grão-Pará, em 1855, pouco mais de uma dezena de anônimos profissionais de saúde popular inscreveram suas artes de curar nos anais da história.As terapias não eram muitas, mas foram disseminadas nos jornais provinciais ou pela forte tradição oral presente na Amazônia.Uma dessas terapias - o uso do

BackgroundOlder adults are at an increased risk of falls with the consequent impacts on the health of the individual and health expenditure for the population.Smartwatch apps have been developed to detect a fall, but their sensitivity and specificity have not been subjected to blinded assessment nor have the factors that influence the effectiveness

Plants are constantly exposed to potentially pathogenic microbes present in their surrounding environment.Due to the activation of the pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) response that largely relies on accurate detection of pathogen- or microbe-associated molecular patterns by pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs), plants are resistant to the Muira pu

In this article a very brief history of violence against women in domestic settings is developed.On the whole, 18 Focus group discussion (FGD) (including 4 pilot FGDs), were conducted in southern part of Teheran Capital of Iran among different groups of people (literate, illiterate, married, unmarried, male, female).Further, 30 individual interview