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1. A multinational SDI-based system to facilitate disaster risk management in the Andean Community

Author:
Molina, Martin; Bayarri, Salvador
Source:
Computers & geosciences 2011 v.37 no.9 pp. 1501-1510
ISSN:
0098-3004
Subject:
Internet; computers; developing countries; disaster preparedness; disasters; information systems; infrastructure; risk management; spatial data; Andes region; Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
Abstract:
... A useful strategy for improving disaster risk management is sharing spatial data across different technical organizations using shared information systems. However, the implementation of this type of system requires a large effort, so it is difficult to find fully implemented and sustainable information systems that facilitate sharing multinational spatial data about disasters, especially in devel ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cageo.2011.01.015

2. A new global tree-cover percentage map using MODIS data

Author:
Kobayashi, Toshiyuki; Tsend-Ayush, Javzandulam; Tateishi, Ryutaro
Source:
International journal of remote sensing 2016 v.37 no.4 pp. 969-992
ISSN:
1366-5901
Subject:
Internet; algorithms; data collection; forests; models; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; regression analysis; remote sensing; trees; Central Africa; Colombia; India; Indonesia
Abstract:
... Global tree-cover percentage is an important parameter used to understand the global environment. However, the available global percentage tree-cover products are few. Producing a new global-scale data set facilitates comparison analysis among maps. Our study was undertaken to map tree-cover percentage on a global scale with better accuracy than previous studies. In this study, we estimated the tr ...
DOI:
10.1080/01431161.2016.1142684

3. A web-based geospatial toolkit for the monitoring of dengue fever

Author:
Delmelle, Eric M.; Zhu, Hongmei; Tang, Wenwu; Casas, Irene
Source:
Applied geography 2014 v.52 pp. 144-152
ISSN:
0143-6228
Subject:
Internet; accidents; at-risk population; computer software; crime; databases; dengue; developing countries; disease outbreaks; geographic information systems; geography; information management; monitoring; resource allocation; space and time; spatial data; traffic; tropics; urban areas; vector-borne diseases; Colombia
Abstract:
... The rapid propagation of vector-borne diseases, such as dengue fever, poses a threat to vulnerable populations, especially those in tropical regions. Prompt space-time analyses are critical elements for accurate outbreak detection and mitigation purposes. Open access web-based geospatial tools are particularly critical in developing countries lacking GIS software and expertise. Currently, online g ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.05.007

4. Biogeographical boundaries and Monmonier's algorithm: a case study in the northern Neotropics

Author:
Patten, Michael A.; Smith-Patten, Brenda D.
Source:
Journal of biogeography 2008 v.35 no.3 pp. 407-416
ISSN:
0305-0270
Subject:
Internet; algorithms; biogeography; case studies; indigenous species; islands; planning; tropics; Colombia; Mexico
Abstract:
... To use Monmonier's algorithm, a spatially explicit technique, to elucidate positions of biogeographical boundaries in the northern Neotropics. The northern Neotropics (Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, south to trans-Andean Colombia). We compiled avifaunal lists for 36 forested sites from the literature, museum records, field notes, and web sources. We constructed distance matrices as inverse Jaccar ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01831.x

5. Characterizing exposure to household air pollution within the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

Author:
Arku, Raphael E.; Birch, Aaron; Shupler, Matthew; Yusuf, Salim; Hystad, Perry; Brauer, Michael
Source:
Environment international 2018 v.114 pp. 307-317
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
Internet; adults; aerosols; air pollution; burden of disease; carbon; cardiovascular diseases; cohort studies; combustion; cooking; cost effectiveness; exposure assessment; females; filters; fuels; global positioning systems; households; image analysis; males; mobile telephones; models; monitoring; mortality; particulates; quality control; respiratory tract diseases; rural communities; samplers; temperature; ultrasonics; Bangladesh; Brazil; Chile; China; Colombia; India; Pakistan; South Africa; Tanzania; Zimbabwe
Abstract:
... Household air pollution (HAP) from combustion of solid fuels is an important contributor to disease burden in low- and middle-income countries (LIC, and MIC). However, current HAP disease burden estimates are based on integrated exposure response curves that are not currently informed by quantitative HAP studies in LIC and MIC. While there is adequate evidence supporting causal relationships betwe ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2018.02.033
PubMed:
29567495
PubMed Central:
PMC5899952

6. Current situation of wild Solanum spp. L. sect. Petota (Solanum, Solanaceae) in some Colombian regions

Author:
Vélez, Jorge Mario; Pineda, Rosana; Galindo, Leonardo; Arango, Rafael; Morales, Juan Gonzalo
Source:
Genetic resources and crop evolution 2016 v.63 no.1 pp. 47-54
ISSN:
0925-9864
Subject:
Internet; Solanum andreanum; carbohydrates; databases; developing countries; genotype; germplasm; habitat destruction; herbaria; nutrients; potatoes; surveys; taxonomy; Colombia
Abstract:
... Potatoes are grown as a staple food in a number of countries around the world. Potatoes production is fourth at the worldwide level and provides carbohydrates and other nutrients in several developing countries. In South America a large diversity of wild and cultivated potato genotypes have been identified, from which several species have been described in Colombia. The last known collections of w ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10722-015-0234-6

7. Domestic violence shapes Colombian women’s partner choices

Author:
Borras-Guevara, Martha Lucia; Batres, Carlota; Perrett, David I.
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2017 v.71 no.12 pp. 175
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Internet; adults; childhood; crime; educational status; factor analysis; family violence; males; mating behavior; risk; surveys; television; women; Colombia
Abstract:
... Potential protection from violence has been suggested as an explanation for women’s preferences for more masculine partners. Previous studies, however, have not considered that violence may be multi-modal, and hence come from different sources. Therefore, we tested the effect of different fears of violence (i.e. vulnerability to public crime, likelihood of within-partnership violence) on masculini ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-017-2405-2
PubMed:
29200603
PubMed Central:
PMC5694761

8. Drivers of Forest Loss in a Megadiverse Hotspot on the Pacific Coast of Colombia

Author:
Anaya, Jesús A.; Gutiérrez-Vélez, Víctor H.; Pacheco-Pascagaza, Ana M.; Palomino-Ángel, Sebastián; Han, Natasha; Balzter, Heiko
Source:
Remote Sensing 2020 v.12 no.8
ISSN:
2072-4292
Subject:
Internet; Landsat; climate; cloud cover; coasts; crops; deciduous forests; decision making; deforestation; forest management; indigenous species; issues and policy; land cover; mining; remote sensing; shrublands; species diversity; tropical forests; Colombia
Abstract:
... Tropical forests are disappearing at unprecedented rates, but the drivers behind this transformation are not always clear. This limits the decision-making processes and the effectiveness of forest management policies. In this paper, we address the extent and drivers of deforestation of the Choco biodiversity hotspot, which has not received much scientific attention despite its high levels of plant ...
DOI:
10.3390/rs12081235

9. Integrating publicly available web mapping tools for cartographic visualization of community food insecurity: a prototype

Author:
Hwang, Myunghwa; Smith, Marissa
Source:
GeoJournal 2012 v.77 no.1 pp. 47-62
ISSN:
0343-2521
Subject:
Internet; computer software; food security; foods; kitchens; poverty; prototypes; quantitative analysis; spatial data; support systems; thematic maps; user interface; webs; working conditions; Colombia
Abstract:
... Spatial profiling of community food security data can help the targeting of geographic areas and populations most vulnerable to food insecurity. While multiple poverty mapping systems support spatial profiling, they often lack capabilities to disseminate mapping results to a wide range of audiences and to spatially link qualitative data to quantitative analysis. To address these limitations, this ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10708-010-9385-3

10. Lectotypifications and Nomenclatural Notes of José Jerónimo Triana's Species of Dilleniaceae

Author:
Aymard C., Gerardo A.
Source:
Harvard papers in botany 2017 v.22 no.2 pp. 77-80
ISSN:
1043-4534
Subject:
Dilleniaceae; Internet; botanists; flora; herbaria; lectotypes; surveys; Colombia; Ecuador
Abstract:
... The preparation of treatments of Dilleniaceae for the Flora of Colombia and Flora of Ecuador projects required a literature survey, visits to herbaria, and the analysis of types and general collections found on the Internet. The results indicate the need to lectotypify several species of Dilleniaceae described by the Colombian botanist José Jerónimo Triana. These taxa are based on specimens collec ...
DOI:
10.3100/hpib.v22iss2.2017.n1

11. Medellin Declaration on Marine Litter in Life Cycle Assessment and Management : Facilitated by the Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation (FSLCI) in close cooperation with La Red Iberoamericana de Ciclo de Vida (RICV) on Wednesday 14 of June 2017

Author:
Sonnemann, Guido; Valdivia, Sonia
Source:
The international journal of life cycle assessment 2017 v.22 no.10 pp. 1637-1639
ISSN:
0948-3349
Subject:
Internet; life cycle assessment; methodology; researchers; stakeholders; Colombia
Abstract:
... The Medellin Declaration on Marine Litter in Life Cycle Assessment and Management was developed during the Conferencia Internacional de Análisis de Ciclo de Vida en Latinoamérica, which took place from 12–15 June in Medellin, Colombia. The Declaration calls for an improved handling of plastic resources and is meant to encourage researchers and relevant stakeholders to develop new methodologies to ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11367-017-1382-z

12. Monitoring system for agronomic variables based in WSN technology on cassava crops

Author:
Caicedo-Ortiz, José Gregorio; De-la-Hoz-Franco, Emiro; Morales Ortega, Roberto; Piñeres-Espitia, Gabriel; Combita-Niño, Harold; Estévez, Francisco; Cama-Pinto, Alejandro
Source:
Computers and electronics in agriculture 2018 v.145 pp. 275-281
ISSN:
0168-1699
Subject:
Internet; Manihot esculenta; cassava; computer software; forests; models; natural resources conservation; prototypes; signal strength; soil water; temperature; Colombia
Abstract:
... Agriculture, and natural resources associated to its development like water, soils and forests, have a relevant role in the future of countries and environmental conservation. The optimization of these resources is made with the implementation of technological strategies and tools that make it possible. In this sense, we developed a monitoring prototype for agronomic variables in cassava crops (Ma ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.compag.2018.01.004

13. Regional coastal erosion assessment based on global open access data: a case study for Colombia

Author:
Stronkhorst, Joost; Levering, Alex; Hendriksen, Gerrit; Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson; Appelquist, Lars Rosendahl
Source:
Journal of coastal conservation 2018 v.22 no.4 pp. 787-798
ISSN:
1400-0350
Subject:
Internet; agricultural land; assets; capital; case studies; coasts; data collection; developing countries; ecosystem services; hazard identification; infrastructure; planning; research institutions; risk; sea level; sediments; storms; tides; vegetation; Caribbean; Colombia
Abstract:
... Many coastlines throughout the world are retreating, as a result of erosion and sea level rise. The damage incurred to property, infrastructure, coastal flood defence, and the loss of ecosystem services and agricultural land have substantial economic repercussions. For many coastal regions located in developing countries, the assessment of the spatial extent of coastal erosion is very time-consumi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11852-018-0609-x

14. Updated site compilation of the Latin American Pollen Database

Author:
Flantua, Suzette G.A.; Hooghiemstra, Henry; Grimm, Eric C.; Behling, Hermann; Bush, Mark B.; González-Arango, Catalina; Gosling, William D.; Ledru, Marie-Pierre; Lozano-García, Socorro; Maldonado, Antonio; Prieto, Aldo R.; Rull, Valentí; Van Boxel, John H.
Source:
Review of palaeobotany and palynology 2015 v.223 pp. 104-115
ISSN:
0034-6667
Subject:
Internet; Neotoma; coasts; data collection; databases; dry forests; ecosystems; grasses; inventories; mixed forests; paleoecology; palynology; pollen; shrublands; steppes; tropical rain forests; Andes region; Argentina; Brazil; Colombia; Latin America
Abstract:
... The updated inventory of the Latin American Pollen Database (LAPD) offers a wide range of new insights. This paper presents a systematic compilation of palynological research in Latin America. A comprehensive inventory of publications in peer-reviewed and grey literature shows a major expansion of studies over the last decades. The inventory includes 1379 cores and sections with paleoecological da ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.09.008

15. Waste disposal and households’ heterogeneity. Identifying factors shaping attitudes towards source-separated recycling in Bogotá, Colombia

Author:
J. Padilla, Alcides; Trujillo, Juan C.
Source:
Waste management 2018 v.74 pp. 16-33
ISSN:
0956-053X
Subject:
Internet; affordability; at-risk population; attitudes and opinions; cities; developing countries; educational status; home ownership; households; issues and policy; models; public health; recycling; residential housing; satellites; socioeconomic status; solid wastes; statistics; surveys; urban areas; waste disposal; Colombia
Abstract:
... Solid waste management in many cities of developing countries is not environmentally sustainable. People traditionally dispose of their solid waste in unsuitable urban areas like sidewalks and satellite dumpsites. This situation nowadays has become a serious public health problem in big Latin American conurbations. Among these densely-populated urban spaces, the Colombia's capital and main city st ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.wasman.2017.11.052