These notes are a summary of the main ideas, questions and interpretations raised by experts at the “Roundtable fifteen years of the National Environmental System (SINA): evaluation and perspectives”, with the active participation of Minister Juan Lozano and the Vice Minister Claudia Mora,...

In this excerpt of the chapter we outline the economic, sociological, environmental and legal approaches with respect to water conflicts in Spain. These approaches are a necessary condition for a due debate on the current state of the art in water management. In summary, we show that Spain is a...

Se analiza la influencia de los diferentes modelos económicos sobre la utilización de los recursos naturales de Latinoamérica desde una perspectiva histórica, con un énfasis en los productos de exportación. En primer lugar, se aporta una breve mirada histórica al tema: cómo las...

This draft discusses the main instruments to mitigate environmental externalities, considering both the traditional goals of efficiency and equity and restrictions on information and technical and political feasibility. It is analyzed the program "Pico y Placa" in Medellín, a restricting...

English Abstract: The problem of collection and treatment of waste has increased due to the growth of cities and industrialization of the economy. From 1950 to 2000 world population doubled, agricultural production tripled, energy consumption and production have quadrupled while waste generation...