Geografía
Browse by
Recent Submissions
-
Propuesta metodológica para identificar sitios prioritarios para restaurar ecosistemas con fines de protección del recurso hídrico: estudio de caso de la microcuenca del Río Cacao, Atenas, Alajuela
(2022-11)El agua es un recurso vital para todos los seres vivos, y para el desarrollo económico y social de las personas. La calidad y cantidad de agua que brindan las fuentes está relacionada a las características y la condición ... -
The Conservation of Maleku People's Sacred Natural Sites in Costa Rica
(2022-10-31)This paper discusses the situation of diminished access for the Maleku people to their sacred natural sites, which is due to the national government’s conservation policies and land grabbing by farmers at the headwaters ... -
Territorialidades del pueblo originario maleku en Costa Rica
(2021-09-23)Los pueblos originarios desarrollan su vida social a través de relaciones territoriales con una complejidad creciente a partir de su desencuentro conflictivo con la colonización y con la expansión de intereses capitalistas ... -
Análisis de riesgos socioambientales en el sector Bomberos, precario Calle Managua y Otto Calvo de San ramón de Alajuela, Costa Rica, 2019
(2022)La presente investigación está enfocada en el análisis de riesgos socioambientales en los espacios geográficos del sector Bomberos, precario Calle Managua y Barrio Otto Calvo, pertenecientes al cantón San Ramón de Alajuela. El ... -
Dendrogeomorphology as a tool to depict hydrogeomorphic processes in the tropics
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Editorial: Landscape evolution of the tropical regions: Dates, rates and beyond
(2022)The Tropics represent a large portion of Earth’s continents, including the highest mountains, ancient flat surfaces, arid landscapes, major rivers, floodplains, and deltas. These contrasting landscapes play critical roles ... -
Surface Water and Groundwater Suitability for Irrigation Based on Hydrochemical Analysis in the Lower Mayurakshi River Basin, India
(2022)The present work investigates the hydrochemical properties of the surface and groundwater of the Mayurakshi River Basin (India) for assessing their irrigation suitability with respect to irrigation hazards. The study ... -
Water stable isotopes reveal the hydrological response of Costa Rican glacial lakes to climate variability
(2022)Lakes are generally considered a key information source for understanding paleoclimate. Here, we use stable water isotopes (δ2H and δ18O) in a high-elevation tropical glacial lake to inform about modern climate variability ... -
Costa Rican wetlands vulnerability index
(2022-10)Costa Rica comprises approximately 6% of the world’s biodiversity. Among these lush ecosystems, wetlands are represented in mangrove forests near the sea, along river lowlands, sedimentary and volcanic mountains, and ... -
Mapping Mountain Landforms and Its Dynamics: Study Cases in Tropical Environments
(2022)High mountain areas are critical for water security and natural hazard dynamics, as well as glacier and ecosystem conservation in a warming world. We present a brief account of the methodological steps for geomorphological ... -
Ocurrencia de deslizamientos y procesos de remoción en masa correlacionados en la microcuenca del río Naranjo, Cachí, Paraíso, Costa Rica
(2022-06-14)La investigación aborda la ocurrencia de deslizamientos y procesos de remoción en masa correlacionados, cuya expresión territorial del riesgo se da en la microcuenca del río Naranjo. Para ello se realizó trabajo de campo, ... -
Análisis bibliométrico de los trabajos finales de graduación con grado en Geografía de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 1966-2021
(2022-07-01)Se realizó un estudio bibliométrico y un análisis detallado de las diversas variables de los proyectos finales de graduación de grado realizados en la carrera de Geografía de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) y un análisis ... -
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 ... -
Seismic and geomorphic assessment for coseismic landslides zonation in tropical volcanic contexts
(2022-08)The Poás volcano is an active volcano of Costa Rica with intense tectonic activity in its flanks. Historically, the volcano has presented strong, surficial earthquakes provoking many landslides with associated casualties ... -
Disaster Risk Assessment of Informal Settlements in the Global South
(2022)More than a billion people live in informal settlements worldwide. Their high exposure and vulnerability increase the risk of disaster in their lives. Global changes challenge the capacity to seek practical and quick ... -
Reconstrucción histórica y geoespacial de un sector de la ruta alternativa del ferrocarril al Atlántico (años 1871-1873), denominada: “línea de Fajardo”, en un área geográfica asociada con los valles de Orosi y de Ujarrás, Cartago, Costa Rica
(2022)Este trabajo consiste en una reconstrucción histórica y geoespacial, mediante Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), de un sector de la ruta alternativa del ferrocarril al Atlántico de Costa Rica denominada: “línea ... -
Historical and geospatial reconstruction of a sector of the alternative route of the railway to the Atlantic (years 1871-1873), called: "Fajardo line", in a geographical area associated with the valleys of Orosi and Ujarrás, Cartago, Costa Rica
(2022)This work consists of a historical and geospatial reconstruction, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), of a sector of the alternative route of the Costa Rican Atlantic railway called: "Fajardo line", built between ... -
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 ... -
Análisis espacial y percepción de los espacios públicos locales en los cantones de San José, Montes de Oca y Curridabat. Una contribución al diseño de políticas urbanas sostenibles desde la gestión ambiental
(2022)Uno de los problemas que caracteriza la gran expansión urbana a nivel mundial es la ausencia de planificación y ordenamiento territorial. La rápida urbanización se asocia directamente con la aglomeración, degradación ...
RSS 1.0