SPARC 2017 retrospect & prospects : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts

Welcome to the Book of Abstracts for the 2017 SPARC conference. This year we not only celebrate the work of our PGRs but also the 50th anniversary of Salford as a University, which makes this year’s conference extra special. Once again we have received a tremendous contribution from our postgraduate research community; with over 130 presenters, the conference truly showcases a vibrant PGR community at Salford. These abstracts provide a taster of the research strengths of their works, and provide delegates with a reference point for networking and initiating critical debate. With such wide-ranging topics being showcased, we encourage you to exploit this great opportunity to engage with researchers working in different subject areas to your own. To meet global challenges, high impact research inevitably requires interdisciplinary collaboration. This is recognised by all major research funders. Therefore engaging with the work of others and forging collaborations across subject areas is an essential skill for the next generation of researchers

A promoção e a produção das redes de águas e esgotos na cidade de São Paulo, 1875-1892

This article seeks to analyse the creation of the water and sewerage systems in the\ud city of São Paulo in the last decade of the 19th Century. The provincial government contracted\ud a private company, the Companhia Cantareira & Esgotos, for the construction of the new\ud water supply system, its execution and administration. Unable to fulfil its part in the contract,\ud the company loses the rights to the services, and is taken over by the State, becoming the\ud Water and Sewerage Technical Department [Repartição Técnica de Águas e Esgotos].\ud Therefore, the State moves from the promotion to the production of this infrastructure in São\ud Paulo