Cristina Gauthier-Hernández

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Produções bibliográficas

• GAUTHIER, CRISTINA ; LIN, ZIHAN ; PETER, BRAD G. ; MORAN, EMILIO F. . Hydroelectric Infrastructure and Potential Groundwater Contamination in the Brazilian Amazon: Altamira and the Belo Monte Dam. The Professional Geographer , v. 71, p. 292-300, 2019.

• GAUTHIER, CRISTINA ; MORAN, EMILIO F. . Public policy implementation and basic sanitation issues associated with hydroelectric projects in the Brazilian Amazon: Altamira and the Belo Monte dam. GEOFORUM , v. 97, p. 10-21, 2018.

Projetos de pesquisa

• 2015 - 2020

  Dams in the Amazon: social and environmental impacts on basic sanitation, people, and the environment., Descrição: Hydroelectric projects continue to be built in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong Basins to harvest hydroelectric potential and increase energy security, economic growth, and industrialization. In Brazil, heavy investments in hydroelectric developments are occurring throughout the Amazon Basin. Located in the State of Pará, the Belo Monte Dam is the largest, most recent hydroelectric project in the region and third largest in the world. The city of Altamira, 52kilometers upstream from the dam, served as the main location for construction staging efforts. Altamira experienced rapid population increase that led to greater water and wastewater disposal demand, stressing local sanitation services. The waste disposal practices and sanitation services in Altamira are similarly precarious throughout the Amazon Basin and the developing world. Hydroelectric dams promise to leave as a legacy improved water quality and basic sanitation. Thus, using Belo Monte and Altamira as a model system, the purpose of this research is to examine the social factors and environmental processes that challenge basic sanitation in communities located upstream of major hydroelectric development projects and identify ways in which they impact the welfare of the population. Using social surveys, water sampling, groundwater monitoring, and statistical and spatial analyses, we gathered geographical, social, hydrological, and biological data, to identify high-risk locations with potential fecal contaminant presence in drinking water wells stemming from nearby septic tanks. Further, we examine socioeconomic variables that may explain differential contaminant exposure and ingestion risks. Considering sanitation both an important societal and environmental issue that affects water quality, and public health and safety, this dissertation provides a framework that can be used to identify social and environmental vulnerabilities to water well contamination. Identifying the areas and seasons where there are increases in fecal contaminants can aid in the potential reduction of negative impacts to local residents and their groundwater resources that can emerge from large hydropower development projects. The multidisciplinary methods, tools, and analyses presented in our work bring together approaches from the natural and social sciences, serving as a model of convergent research that advances future work across disciplines. The results can become an important reference in guiding the implementation of public health and sanitation efforts in order to minimize social and environmental impacts in communities that will be affected by major development projects not only in Brazil, but across the world.. , Situação: Concluído; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Alunos envolvidos: Graduação: (4) / Mestrado acadêmico: (1) / Doutorado: (1) . , Integrantes: Cristina Gauthier-Hernández - Coordenador / Emilio F. Moran - Integrante / Joan Rose - Integrante / David Hyndman - Integrante / Joseph Messina - Integrante / Domingos Da Silva Leite - Integrante / Taila Alves - Integrante., Financiador(es): National Science Foundation - Bolsa / Michigan State University - Auxílio financeiro / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Cooperação., Número de produções C, T & A: 2

• 2012 - 2012

  Manejo de Desperdicios em Areas Rurais: Caguas Porto Rico, Descrição: Criar guias para o gerenciamento adequado dos desperdicios sólidos nas áreas rurais de Porto Rico.. , Situação: Concluído; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Alunos envolvidos: Graduação: (2) . , Integrantes: Cristina Gauthier-Hernández - Coordenador / Aluisio Pimenta - Integrante., Financiador(es): Syracuse University - Bolsa.

• 2011 - 2012

  Reestruturando o Manejo dos Resíduos Sólidos nas Comunidades Rurais no Nordeste de Brasil, Descrição: O projeto de pesquisa é financiado pela Comissão Fulbright na região de Mutá, Bahia e espera que a comunidade possa integrar o manejo dos resíduos sólidos (MRS) com práticas económicas como a geração de energia, capaz de melhorar a qualidade de vida na comunidade rural a ser trabalhada. Se espera uma diminuição dos impactos ambientais nos recursos naturais, considerando a aplicação de medidas ambientalmente sustentáveis. Os objetivos deste projeto são: 1) Analisar as formas adequadas para a aplicação do MRS na comunidade, a disposição dos resíduos e sua produção; 2) Desenvolver um plano que inclua métodos efetivos de coleta para os materiais recicláveis inorgânicos, e 3) explorar como o MRS eficaz pode melhorar a qualidade de vida numa comunidade rural. O projeto providenciará alternativas benéficas que proponham o entendimento popular em torno do MRS com práticas ambientalmente sustentáveis, transformando o problema de disposição em um beneficio social e melhoria na qualidade de vida através da produção de energia em pequena escala através da criação de biodigestores, a fim de diminuir os impactos ambientais negativos e promover o desenvolvimento da comunidade rural. Restructuring Solid Waste Management in Rural Communities in Northeastern Brazil This research project is financed by the Fulbright Commission in Mutá, Bahia and it anticipates the integration of adequate solid waste management with economical practices such as energy generation to improve quality of life within the community. It expects to reduce environmental impacts on natural resources within the region considering the application of environmentally sound and sustainable practices and measures The goals of this project are to: 1) investigate community specific approaches to SWM and disposal depending on generation and type of refuse; 2) develop a disposal plan that includes effective collection methods for inorganic recyclable materials; and 3) explore how efficient SWM can improve quality of. , Situação: Concluído; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Alunos envolvidos: Doutorado: (1) . , Integrantes: Cristina Gauthier-Hernández - Coordenador / Cristina Marchi - Integrante.

• 2007 - 2007

  The Use of Solid Phase Micro Extraction (SPME) and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) to Correlate Mold Growth with the generation of Microbial Volatile Organic Compound (MVOC)., Situação: Concluído; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Alunos envolvidos: Doutorado: (1) . , Integrantes: Cristina Gauthier-Hernández - Coordenador / Alan Rossner - Integrante., Financiador(es): National Science Foundation - Bolsa.

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