In September 1998 tropical storm “Earl” swept southern Mexico, producing intense rainfall in the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas. Among the most devastated cities was Motozintla, located in the drainage basin of the Allende, La Mina and Xelajú Grande Rivers. The rainfall from the tropical...

This article describes a methodology for the optimization of a bottoming cycle as a waste heat recovering system in vehicles. The methodology is applied to two particular cases in order to evaluate the preliminary energetic and technical feasibility of the implementation of a bottoming cycle in...

Este trabajo pretende evaluar cuantitativamente el impacto económico a largo plazo de la abolición de la Política Agraria Común (PAC), con especial énfasis en España. Para realizar nuestro análisis, hemos empleado el modelo de equilibrio general computable del Proyecto de Análisis del...

The objective of this paper is to analyse the technological change produced in the Spanish economy between 1980 and 1994 using the Input-Output tables of 1980, 1986, 1990 and 1994. Firstly we obtain and compare the linkage components of each block throughout the period. Secondly, using...

Households have significant demand-side potential to drive reductions in atmospheric emissions, including both direct and indirect emissions. Our analysis focuses on the behaviour of a regional economy (Aragon, Spain) and its impact on greenhouse gases (GHG) and sulphur dioxide (SO₂). Using a...