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 ...

El presente trabajo sintetiza el impacto social y ambiental que trajo consigo la introducción y el desarrollo del café como principal actividad productiva del cantón de Coto Brus entre 1940 y 2015.

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 ...

The recent and growing development and availability of unmanned aerial vehicles/systems (UAV, UAS, or “drones”) in volcanology has promoted a significant advance in volcanic surveillance of active volcanoes and in the ...

La dinámica tectónica y volcánica de Costa Rica responde principalmente a la interacción de las placas Cocos y Caribe. Con base en la relación entre las estructuras geológicas, rangos altitudinales, parámetros morfométricos y ...

Developing countries face more impacts due to natural hazards because of rapid urbanization, natural resources overexploitation, and lack of territorial management. Mexico City is one of the most populated metropolitan areas ...

Landslides are a common natural hazard worldwide with greater socioeconomic impacts in developing and tropical countries. In Central America and Costa Rica, this phenomenon is mainly triggered by seismicity and extraordinary ...

Flash floods are one of the most damaging natural hazards in tropics. Seasonal and extraordinary rainfall recurrently trigger flash floods in Costa Rica. Hurricane Otto was the first reported hurricane to have ever passed ...

Floods constitute one of the most damaging natural hazards in the world. Seasonal and extraordinary rainfall recurrently trigger different types of floods in Costa Rica. An integrated and efficient flood risk management requires ...

Volcanoes have a beneficial role in human development; however, this balance could turn to hazardous processes or even environmental disturbances. Costa Rica is a volcanic country. The people of Costa Rica live upon ...