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Natural Resources and Environment
Study program name
Natural Resources and Environment
Schools
Doctoral School
City
Barcelona
Duration
Undetermined
credits
Description
Twenty-first century society requires technologies that allow the use of naturalresources to be optimised following sustainability and circularity criteria. Theprogramme carries out research on the use of geological resources and on minimisingthe environmental impact of this use. Use is considered holistically, covering allenvironmental aspects, from the harvesting of raw materials to their disposal oncethey have become waste, and including all of the stages in their physicochemical andbiological transformation. Within this framework, the doctoral programme in NaturalResources and Environment builds on the research lines of the Resources and Smartand Sustainable Industries group and the TECNIO network’s Smart SustainableResources centre. The programme responds to the challenge of using naturalresources and urban, industrial and mining waste optimally from a comprehensive,multidisciplinary perspective. Given that resources are limited, it focuses on findingsolutions that minimise the production of waste or that use resources in line with theEuropean Union’s zero waste and circular economy directives.