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Geomorphology, land use, and environmental impacts in a densely populated urban catchment of Costa Rica
(2021)
The Torres River is one of the most urbanized catchments in Costa Rica, with only 46.67 km2 and approximately 50% of its area have urban land uses comprising nearly 13% of the national population. The quick rural-urban ...
Condición de uso de la tierra para el período 2003 – 2005 del distrito San Vito, Coto Brus, Puntarenas
Práctica dirigida para optar a la Licenciatura en Geografía
(2010)
San Vito es el distrito primero del cantón de Coto Brus y en el mismo se presentan los mayores problemas medioambientales como son la presencia de un tajo, varios beneficios de café, el botadero municipal, el hospital y ...
Condición de uso de la tierra del distrito San Vito, Coto Brus, Puntarenas
Land-use condition in San Vito district, Coto Brus, Puntarenas
(2013)
San Vito es el distrito primero del cantón de Coto Brus, provincia de Puntarenas. Según la división
político – administrativa de Costa Rica es un distrito; por lo tanto, no se puede desarrollar un plan
regulador. Constituye ...
Tropical and subtropical dendrochronology: Approaches, applications, and prospects
(2022-09)
Tropical and subtropical forests cover only 7 % of the Earth’s land surface. Yet, they host nearly half of global tree density with a high species number (~40,000 species), store up to 25 % of global terrestrial carbon and ...
Flood Hazard Index Application in Arid Catchments: Case of the TaguenitWadi Watershed, Lakhssas, Morocco
(2022)
During the last decade, climate change has generated extreme rainfall events triggering flash
floods in short periods worldwide. The delimitation of flood zones by detailed mapping generally
makes it possible to avoid ...
Modeling the retreat of the Aneto Glacier (Spanish Pyrenees) since the Little Ice Age, and its accelerated shrinkage over recent decades
(2021-04-21)
The Aneto, located on the Maladeta Massif (Central Pyrenees), is the largest glacier of the Pyrenees. The glacier is 675m long, occupies an area of 48.64 ha and has a maximum altitude of 3269m. In this study, we present a ...
Zonificación de procesos de ladera e inundaciones a partir de un análisis morfométrico en la cuenca alta del río General, Costa Rica
Hillslope processes and floods zoning from a morphometric analysis in the Upper General Basin, Costa Rica
(2019-06-18)
En países tropicales como Costa Rica, la incidencia
de procesos de ladera e inundaciones están condicionados
por las lluvias extraordinarias, el tipo de sustrato y
su grado de meteorización, la sismicidad, la morfología ...
Pasado, presente y futuro del clima en el Parque Nacional Chirripó, Costa Rica
Past, present, and future of the climate in Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica
(2022)
Introducción: El Parque Nacional Chirripó ha
tenido cambios climáticos definidos por su ubicación y por
características geológicas, geomorfológicas, ecológicas y
edáficas. Objetivo: Identificar los factores que han
modulado ...
Review of the geomorphological effects of the 1991 Limón earthquake
(2021-01-02)
The Limón earthquake was one of the biggest disasters ever recorded in Costa Rica and Panama. This event had a magnitude of 7.7 Mw, occurred on April 22 of 1991 and had its epicenter at the coordinates 9.685 N and -83.073 ...
Hydrometeorological disasters in urban areas of Costa Rica, Central America
(2020)
Tropical countries are subjected to natural disasters which cause
substantial human and economic losses. Coping with disasters in
tropics requires to improve our understanding of the frequency
and distribution of ...