Pérez-Foguet, Agustí
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Measurement and assessment of development policies and sustainability, with a special focus on water sanitation and hygiene services, as well as on management of water resources. Systems engineering, data processing, statistics, indicators, decision-making. Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation in civil engineering (nonlinear mechanics) and environmental engineering (air quality, watersheds). Sustainability and social commitment in Higher Education. |
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Scientific production
Selected papers
Yacoub, C.; Pérez-Foguet, A.; Miralles, N. (2012) "Trace metal content of sediments close to mine sites in the Andean region," TheScientificWorldJOURNAL.
Jiménez, A.; Pérez-Foguet, A. (2011), "Water Point Mapping for the Analysis of Rural Water Supply Plans: Case Study from Tanzania", ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 137(5):439-447.
Pérez-Foguet, A.; Giné, R. (2011), "Analyzing Water Poverty in Basins", Water Resources Management, 25.
Jiménez, A.; Pérez-Foguet, A. (2011) "The challenges of implementing pro-poor policies in a decentralized context: the case of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program in Tanzania", Sustainability Science, 6(1):37-49.
Giné, R.; Pérez-Foguet, A. (2010), "Improved method to calculate the Water Poverty Index at local scale", ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol 136, No.11, pp. 1287-1298.
Ongoing is.upc projects
Development of a technology centre to improve provision of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) related services
Scope: International.
Partners: Université d'Etat d'Haïti (Haiti), Universitat de Girona (Spain), Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) and Universidad Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain). Led by: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Funded by: AECID. Code: AP/039008/11.
Start Date: 01.03.2012. Estimated date of completion: 12.31.2012.
Principal Investigator (PI): Agustí Pérez Foguet
Building and strengthening ARA-Norte capacities for the planning and management of water resources in the basins of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Partners: ARA-Norte (Mozambique), Amphos 21 (Spain), Augas de Galicia (Spain), Universidade da Coruña (Spain) and UPC (Spain). Led by: Augas de Galicia.
Funded by: EuropeAid.
Start Date: 03.01.2012. Estimated date of completion: 09.01.2014.
Principal Investigator (PI): Agustí Pérez Foguet
Collective action, management of water resources and adaptation to climate change in the central region of Nicaragua
Scope: International.
Partners: Universidad Nacional Autónoma. Managua –UNAN-Managua- (Nicaragua), Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza –CATIE- (Costa Rica), Colegio de Posgraduados (Mexico), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain). Led by: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Funded by: AECID. Code: AP/035017/11.
Start date: 01.02.2012. Estimated date of completion: 01.02.2013.
Principal Investigator (PI): Agustí Pérez Foguet
Support for the consolidation and extension of engineering studies at the University of Lurio, Mozambique
Scope: International.
Partners: Universidade Lúrio (Mozambique), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain), Universidade da Coruña (Spain) and Xarxa Vives (Spain). Led by: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Funded by: AECID. Code: AP/039977/11.
Start Date: 01.01.2012. Estimated date of completion: 31.12.2012.
Principal Investigator (PI): Agustí Pérez Foguet
Improving assessment and planning services of water, sanitation and hygiene in rural and suburban context through the development of management tools based on rights
Partners: UN Habitat (Mozambique), Municipalitat Manhiça (Mozambique), Fundació FCBarcelona (Spain) and Universidad Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain).
Funded by: AECID. Code: 11-CAP2-1562. With the co-funding of CCD - fons 0,7% UPC.
Start date: 01.11.2011. Estimated date of completion: 31.10.2012.
Principal Investigator (PI): Agustí Pérez Foguet
Finished is.upc projects
Development of a multi-year WASH Sector Action/Investment Plan for delivery of water, sanitation and hygiene services in Suba and Homa Bay Districts
Scope: International.
Signed with: UNICEF Kènia. Partners: UNICEF (Kenia), Alternative Programme Solutions (Kenia), District Water Offices of Homa Bay and Suba Districts (Kenia) and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain). Led by: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Funded by: UNICEF Kènia. AWith the co-funding of CCD - fons 0,7% UPC.
Start date: 01.11.2010. Estimated date of completion: 30.09.2011.
Website: http://grecdh.upc.edu/projectes/convenis/documents/executive-summary-wash-suba-homa-bay-kenya
Principal Investigator (PI): Agustí Pérez Foguet
Promotion of a good environmental governance in the Ethiopian Central Rift Valley Basin
Signed with: IntermonOxfam. Partners: IntermonOxfam (Ethiopia) and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain). Led by: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Funded by: IntermonOxfam.
Start date: 02.05.2011. Estimated date of completion: 30.06.2011.
Principal Investigator (PI): Agustí Pérez Foguet
