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View ArticleThe subject of this paper is the application of a morphological classification of MSW in the city of Rio de Janeiro based on the German recommendation DGGT (1994) – E 1-7 GDA. This recommendation deals with the identification and description of waste according to aspects of waste mechanics. This will give the environmental control agency and c...
View ArticleThis paper addresses the construction of the soil landslide risk charts of the urban area of the city of Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. A systematic survey of office and field data was considered to elaborate thematic risk charts (lithostructural, geological-geotechnical, slope and soil use and occupation), which when crossed permitted the cons...
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