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 …

Tropical countries are subjected to natural disasters which cause substantial human and
economic losses. Coping with disasters in tropics requires to improve our understanding of …

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 …

Landslides are a common natural hazard in Costa Rica, recurrently triggered by seismicity
and extraordinary rainfall. Here, we investigate the coalescence of both processes and their …

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 …

This study is a comparative analysis of geomorphosites in Poás volcano in Costa Rica,
Paricutín volcano in Mexico, and Teide-Pico Viejo volcanoes in Spain. The main objective of …

En países tropicales donde existen condiciones geodinámicas activas, tanto internas como
externas, y el modelado del relieve está en constante modificación, los procesos de ladera …

Costa Rica, a small tropical country with an area of 51,179 km2, has an extensive network of
diverse streams controlled by varied environmental and geological conditions. Rugged …

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 …

América Central es una región expuesta a diversos fenómenos naturales, tanto geológicos
como hidrometeorológicos, eventos que combinados con las características históricas …