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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 ...
Worldwide Research Trends in Landslide Science
(2021)
Abstract: Landslides are generated by natural causes and by human action, causing various geomorphological changes as well as physical and socioeconomic loss of the environment and human
life. The study, characterization ...
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 ...
Global patterns of tree density are contingent upon local determinants in the world’s natural forests
(2023)
Previous attempts to quantify tree abundance at global scale have largely neglected the role of local competition in modulating the influence of climate and soils on tree density. Here, we evaluated whether mean tree size ...
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 ...
Parcs Nationaux et Développement Rural au Costa Rica: Mythes et Réalités
(1993)
Le Costa Rica jouit d'une réputation mondiale pour sa politique exemplaire de conservation, y ayant consacré plus de 20 % de son territoire national sous forme de parc naturels, réserves biologiques et forestières. Cette ...
A Powerful Geography Approach to the Curricular Transformation of the Undergraduate Geography Program at the Universidad de Costa Rica
(2019)
The school of geography at the Universidad de Costa Rica started in 2015 a revision of the undergraduate geography program, ending in 2018 with the approval of a new and renewed curriculum. This process involved a “bottom-up” ...
Reflexiones teórico-conceptuales sobre el binario Agencia-Estructura desde la Geografía Ambiental
Conceptual and theoretical reflections on the agency-structure binary from a humanenvironment geography perspective
(2021-06)
El debate sobre la primacía que tienen la agencia y estructura en determinar las acciones humanas y la conformación de las sociedades ha prevalecido durante siglos en las ciencias sociales en general y en la geografía en ...
Reconquista urbana en America Central: Acciones del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en la producción urbano-territorial en Costa Rica y Panamá
(2020-06)
En Latinoamérica los gobiernos locales, los organismos internacionales y los inversores tienen un creciente interés en la intervención y la transformación de las áreas centrales de las ciudades. En este artículo se exploran ...
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 ...