HEALTHY WATERSHEDS

To promote watershed-wise cities that protect environmental and human health.

Main research objective

To bridge gaps towards healthier water-wise cities through a fundamental understanding of natural and human stressors while revealing linkages with key coupled urban dimensions like public health, regulatory frameworks, and public infrastructure. A focus guided primarily by the regulatory priorities established by the Chilean Ministry of the Environment will be on supporting with evidence: the development of the first primary soil quality guidelines and framework soil regulation; the modification of water pollution standards linked to the urban metabolism, and to recovery/prevention efforts to improve environmental quality and tackle environmental conflicts.

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