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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Geomorphology of the Guacimal River catchment, Costa Rica
(2022)
The Guacimal River catchment has an area of 181 km2 and is located in the NW of Costa Rica, between the coordi-nates 84.745° W-10.016° N and 84.909° W-10.325° N. In this territory, as in most of the country, detailed ...
Geomorphological Mapping Global Trends and Applications
(2023)
This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of 735 research papers on geomorphological
mapping published in English between 2000 and 2021 using theWeb of Science database. The analysis
focuses on key metrics such as ...