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Natural disaster risk inequalities in Central America
(2022)
Central America is affected by geological and hydrometeorological hazards
that, together with its high exposure and vulnerability, comprise risky scenarios for disasters. This region presents a significant number of ...
The Darien Region between Colombia and Panama: Gap or Seal?
(2002)
The Darien Gap stands, at the dawn of the XXIst Century, as a remainder of the linkages between local and global fenomena. At the crossroads of the Americas, bridge and canal, the Darien Gap remains un forded. A mere 80 ...
Climate reverses directionality in the richness–abundance relationship across the World’s main forest biomes
(2020-11-06)
More tree species can increase the carbon storage capacity of forests (here referred to as the
more species hypothesis) through increased tree productivity and tree abundance resulting
from complementarity, but they can ...
Dendrogeomorphology as a tool to depict hydrogeomorphic processes in the tropics
La dendrogeomorfología como una herramienta para representar procesos hidrogeomorfológicos en los trópicos
(2023-01)
Climatic and anthropogenic changes cause the deprivation of distinct
ecosystems in Costa Rica, transforming climatic, ecological, and geomorphic
conditions. The high tropical biodiversity of Costa Rica and the tropics ...
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” ...
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 ...
“Andando la ciudad”, el aula invertida para la construcción de aprendizaje colectivo en Geografía
(2021)
Se presenta el diseño y aplicación de la estrategia “Andando la ciudad”, basada en el aula invertida y el aprendizaje situado, la cual tiene como objetivo estudiar la ciudad desde una perspectiva cercana y significativa, ...
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 ...
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 ...