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Feature essay published in catalogue accompanying the 'Five Trees Make a Forest by Donna Ong' exhibition at NUS Museum, Singapore (10 March - 4 September 2016)
Forest Regeneration in a Chronosequence of Tropical Abandoned Pastures: Implications for Restoration Ecology T.Mitchell Aide1 Jess K. Zimmerman2 John B. Pascarella1'3 Luis Rivera4 Humfredo Marcano-Vega1 Abstract During the ...
Science-based approaches to agricultural and environmental management are needed to accelerate development progress in the world's poorest countries. We present a diagnostic surveillance framework modelled on medical diagnostic approaches... more
Resumen El Terremoto de Limón (Ms = 7.5) se presentó el 22 de abril de 1991 y tuvo su epicentro en las coordenadas 9.685 N y-83.073 W. El objetivo de esta investigación fue estudiar la relación de los procesos detonados por el sismo en... more
Knowledge on the lipid compositions of tropical freshwater aquatic animals is limited despite their importance in the human diet and the health-related benefits of fish lipids. This study examines the lipid content and fatty acid... more
The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) classification system encompasses climate-critical urban parameters (such as land cover, land use and urban morphology) in its definition. A sensitivity analysis of geometric and surface cover characteristics,... more
The equatorial tropics are experiencing an explosive urban growth. With intensified urbanization comes a rapid increase in atmospheric carbon, dwindling resources and concerns over energy security. In this context the need to achieve... more
The growing population and the increasing in demand for building services and comfort level, accompanied by the rising in time spend inside the buildings, have inevitably increased our built environment energy demand. It is... more
Como se discute en este volumen, el hallazgo del cementerio de Incahuasi 1 tuvo una singular importancia para la historia de las zonas tropicales cruceñas y de la arqueología de los Andes del Sur. Con fechados radiocarbónicos entre el... more
With rapid urbanization, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is progressively falling short of sustaining outdoor life due to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects, which is one of the most documented phenomena of urban climate change. The... more
This essay looks at the relationship between US ideas about Panamanian natives and the depopulation of the Panama Canal Zone. It argues that political rhetoric facilitated regional depopulation by recharacterizing Panama's republican... more
During the last decade, many local governments have launched initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions and the potential impact of hydro-climatic disasters. Nonetheless, today barely 11% of subtropical and tropical cities with over 100,000... more
Heatwaves and wave-inundated islands, prolonged droughts and rainforest fires, tropical storms and monsoon deluges, melting tropical glaciers and flooded rivers - although climate change is global, it is not experienced everywhere the... more
Narratives of lost cities and the exploration of ruins have captivated scholars and travellers for hundreds of years with explanations for their demise ranging from invasions to cataclysmic environmental events. This article explores... more
Characteristics of PV systems in tropics are analyzed in depth.The ambiguity toward amorphous panel energy yield in tropics is discussed.Equivalent-one diode and Sandia models can fairly predict the energy yield.A general guideline is... more
At elevated temperature regimes and abundant precipitation, mobilization and accretion of weathered iron oxides are promoted especially in a reduced environments in the tropics. This may lead to the formation of plinthite, which hardens... more