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Vulnerabilidad y adaptación de las ciudades de América Latina al cambio climático

Reports & Research
December 2016
South America
Central America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
climate change
sustainable development
urban planning

El objetivo de este estudio es realizar una revisión teórica y empírica de los procesos de mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático en áreas urbanas enfocándose en América Latina.

HCI-Evaluation of the GeoCitizen-reporting App for citizen participation in spatial planning and community management among members of marginalized communities in Cali, Colombia

Journal Articles & Books
December 2016
Colombia
Central America
South America
land administration
geographical information systems
research

Increasingly, geospatial web applications such as www.fixmystreet.com or www.seeclickfix.com are being integrated within citizen participation processes in spatial planning and the provision of communal services.

HCI-Evaluation of the GeoCitizen-reporting App for citizen participation in spatial planning and community management among members of marginalized communities in Cali, Colombia

Journal Articles & Books
December 2016
Colombia
Central America
South America
land administration
geographical information systems
research

Increasingly, geospatial web applications such as www.fixmystreet.com or www.seeclickfix.com are being integrated within citizen participation processes in spatial planning and the provision of communal services.

The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America

Journal Articles & Books
December 2016
Central America
South America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
land use
land degradation

Degraded lands—lands that have lost some degree of their natural productivity through human activity—account for over 20 percent of forest and agricultural lands in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some 300 million hectares of the region’s forests are considered degraded, and about 350 million hectares are now classified as deforested.