Adolfo Quesada-Román
Biographic Data
| ID | 5776778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adolfo Quesada-Román |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adolfo |
| FAMILY NAME | Quesada-Román |
| SIGNATURE | QUESADA-ROMÁN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6601-5254 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies
Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data from more than 25,000 individuals across 90 societies, we test several hypotheses linking normative constraints on everyday behaviors (like arguing, laughing, cursing, kissi…
Socioeconomic Determinants and Spatial Trends of Disaster Risk in Nicaragua
Cambio global en América Central: Desafíos socioambientales y oportunidades para la cooperación regional
El cambio global presenta grandes desafíos en América Central, como el cambio climático, desastres hidrometeorológicos, contaminación y degradación del suelo. Este estudio analiza tendencias de 1990 a 2020 mediante variables socioambientales del Banco Mundial y EM-DAT. A través de matrices de correlación por país, se identifican relaciones complejas entre factores socioeconómicos y ambientales. Los resultados revelan como la diversificación econó…
La Cartoteca Histórica De Costa Rica, Un Medio Para La Protección Y Divulgación Del Patrimonio Cartográfico
Collections of historical maps which preserve the National Archives of Costa Rica have an invaluable cultural value and due to its fragility, should be preserved in digital format for it manipulation. The initiative for create a Historic Map Library of Costa Rica, not only promotes the protection of these documents but also its electronic divulgation. Its main products are potential inputs for scientific research, consultation in general and the …
Landslides and flood hazard mapping using geomorphological methods in Santa Ana, Costa Rica
Coordinating stakeholders along the construction value chain toward sustainability
Past and Present Drivers of Karst Formation of Ciénega de El Mangle, Panama
Tropical coastal karst areas represent dynamic, fragile, and biodiverse environments. Central America’s karst regions have been scarcely studied, with most of the research focused on the northern part of the region and on several larger cave systems. The coastal carbonate zones of the Central American region represent a unique karstic landscape, which, so far, has been insufficiently studied. Therefore, in this paper, we aim to describe the (i) l…
Flood risk index development at the municipal level in Costa Rica: A methodological framework
Landslide risk index map at the municipal scale for Costa Rica
Modeling the retreat of the Aneto Glacier (Spanish Pyrenees) since the Little Ice Age, and its accelerated shrinkage over recent decades
The Aneto, located on the Maladeta Massif (Central Pyrenees), is the largest glacier of the Pyrenees. The glacier is 675 m long, occupies an area of 48.64 ha and has a maximum altitude of 3269 m. In this study, we present a detailed area, volume, ice thickness, and Equilibrium Line Altitude reconstruction of the glacier for different periods (LIA, 1957, 1983, 2000, 2006, 2015, and 2017) and analyze its retreat. To estimate the glacier extent duri…
Hydrometeorological disasters in urban areas of Costa Rica, Central America
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 the frequency and distribution of hydrometeorological disaster events. These assessments are scarce in many developing countries, despite rapid urban expansion and lacking efficient public policies. Costa Rica’s location over the Intertropical Convergence Zone, its mount…
Flash flood impacts of Hurricane Otto and hydrometeorological risk mapping in Costa Rica
Flash floods are one of the most damaging natural hazards in tropics. Seasonal and extraordinary rainfall recurrently trigger flash floods in Costa Rica. Hurricane Otto was the first reported hurricane to have ever passed through Costa Rica. The phenomenon resulted in losses amounting to 190 million US$, leaving four casualties and ca. 69 million US$ of losses in Upala municipality in northern Costa Rica, alone. On November 24, 2016, the passage …
Glacial geomorphology of the Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica
Several regions of tropical America show imprints of past glacial activity. These relict landforms can support the understanding of past climate conditions, such as during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and the implications that these paleoclimatic conditions could have had on landscape change. Here, we present and analyze glacial morphologies for the Chirripó National Park in Costa Rica based on aerial imagery (1:25,000), detailed Digital Eleva…
Geomorphology of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s Caribbean coastline is the result of a complex tectonic setting coupled with dynamic geological, climatological, hydrological and ecological processes. Despite their importance in risk prevention and in land use planning, geomorphological maps at detailed scales are scarce in Costa Rica. A geomorphology map of 210 km of the Caribbean coastline was produced at a scale of 1: 25,000 with a 1: 50,000 scale output map. Eleven landforms we…
Geomorphology of the Upper General River Basin, Costa Rica
In spite of the geomorphological diversity of Central America and Costa Rica, there are few detailed geomorphological maps. A 1:25,000 scale map of the Upper General River Basin (UGRB) in Costa Rica is presented, based on the interpretation of aerial photographs and field geomorphological mapping. A total of 43 types of landforms divided genetically into endogenic (tectonic features), and exogenic (fluvial, gravitational, and glacial features) ar…
Procesos de ladera cosísmicos del terremoto de Cinchona (Costa Rica) del 8 de enero de 2009 (Ms= 6,2)
El terremoto de Cinchona, ocurrido el 8 de enero de 2009, provocó grandes impactos físicos, como la destrucción de infraestructura pública y privada, y sociales, al dejar un total de 2.326 personas damnificadas, 91 heridos, 7 desaparecidos y 25 muertos. Con base en fotografías aéreas y un levantamiento LiDAR de alta resolución, posterior al sismo, se clasificaron 1.900 procesos de ladera basadas en los trabajos de Alcántara-Ayala (2000), Cruden y…
Hydrometeorological disasters in urban areas of Costa Rica, Central America
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 the frequency and distribution of hydrometeorological disaster events. These assessments are scarce in many developing countries, despite rapid urban expansion and lacking efficient public policies. Costa Rica’s location over the Intertropical Convergence Zone, its mount…
Flood risk index development at the municipal level in Costa Rica: A methodological framework
Flash flood impacts of Hurricane Otto and hydrometeorological risk mapping in Costa Rica
Flash floods are one of the most damaging natural hazards in tropics. Seasonal and extraordinary rainfall recurrently trigger flash floods in Costa Rica. Hurricane Otto was the first reported hurricane to have ever passed through Costa Rica. The phenomenon resulted in losses amounting to 190 million US$, leaving four casualties and ca. 69 million US$ of losses in Upala municipality in northern Costa Rica, alone. On November 24, 2016, the passage …
Procesos de ladera cosísmicos del terremoto de Cinchona (Costa Rica) del 8 de enero de 2009 (Ms= 6,2)
El terremoto de Cinchona, ocurrido el 8 de enero de 2009, provocó grandes impactos físicos, como la destrucción de infraestructura pública y privada, y sociales, al dejar un total de 2.326 personas damnificadas, 91 heridos, 7 desaparecidos y 25 muertos. Con base en fotografías aéreas y un levantamiento LiDAR de alta resolución, posterior al sismo, se clasificaron 1.900 procesos de ladera basadas en los trabajos de Alcántara-Ayala (2000), Cruden y…
Glacial geomorphology of the Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica
Several regions of tropical America show imprints of past glacial activity. These relict landforms can support the understanding of past climate conditions, such as during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and the implications that these paleoclimatic conditions could have had on landscape change. Here, we present and analyze glacial morphologies for the Chirripó National Park in Costa Rica based on aerial imagery (1:25,000), detailed Digital Eleva…
Geomorphology of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s Caribbean coastline is the result of a complex tectonic setting coupled with dynamic geological, climatological, hydrological and ecological processes. Despite their importance in risk prevention and in land use planning, geomorphological maps at detailed scales are scarce in Costa Rica. A geomorphology map of 210 km of the Caribbean coastline was produced at a scale of 1: 25,000 with a 1: 50,000 scale output map. Eleven landforms we…
Geomorphology of the Upper General River Basin, Costa Rica
In spite of the geomorphological diversity of Central America and Costa Rica, there are few detailed geomorphological maps. A 1:25,000 scale map of the Upper General River Basin (UGRB) in Costa Rica is presented, based on the interpretation of aerial photographs and field geomorphological mapping. A total of 43 types of landforms divided genetically into endogenic (tectonic features), and exogenic (fluvial, gravitational, and glacial features) ar…
Hydrometeorological disasters in urban areas of Costa Rica, Central America
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 the frequency and distribution of hydrometeorological disaster events. These assessments are scarce in many developing countries, despite rapid urban expansion and lacking efficient public policies. Costa Rica’s location over the Intertropical Convergence Zone, its mount…
Flash flood impacts of Hurricane Otto and hydrometeorological risk mapping in Costa Rica
Flash floods are one of the most damaging natural hazards in tropics. Seasonal and extraordinary rainfall recurrently trigger flash floods in Costa Rica. Hurricane Otto was the first reported hurricane to have ever passed through Costa Rica. The phenomenon resulted in losses amounting to 190 million US$, leaving four casualties and ca. 69 million US$ of losses in Upala municipality in northern Costa Rica, alone. On November 24, 2016, the passage …
Landslide risk index map at the municipal scale for Costa Rica
Modeling the retreat of the Aneto Glacier (Spanish Pyrenees) since the Little Ice Age, and its accelerated shrinkage over recent decades
The Aneto, located on the Maladeta Massif (Central Pyrenees), is the largest glacier of the Pyrenees. The glacier is 675 m long, occupies an area of 48.64 ha and has a maximum altitude of 3269 m. In this study, we present a detailed area, volume, ice thickness, and Equilibrium Line Altitude reconstruction of the glacier for different periods (LIA, 1957, 1983, 2000, 2006, 2015, and 2017) and analyze its retreat. To estimate the glacier extent duri…
Flood risk index development at the municipal level in Costa Rica: A methodological framework
Coordinating stakeholders along the construction value chain toward sustainability
Past and Present Drivers of Karst Formation of Ciénega de El Mangle, Panama
Tropical coastal karst areas represent dynamic, fragile, and biodiverse environments. Central America’s karst regions have been scarcely studied, with most of the research focused on the northern part of the region and on several larger cave systems. The coastal carbonate zones of the Central American region represent a unique karstic landscape, which, so far, has been insufficiently studied. Therefore, in this paper, we aim to describe the (i) l…
Landslides and flood hazard mapping using geomorphological methods in Santa Ana, Costa Rica
Cambio global en América Central: Desafíos socioambientales y oportunidades para la cooperación regional
El cambio global presenta grandes desafíos en América Central, como el cambio climático, desastres hidrometeorológicos, contaminación y degradación del suelo. Este estudio analiza tendencias de 1990 a 2020 mediante variables socioambientales del Banco Mundial y EM-DAT. A través de matrices de correlación por país, se identifican relaciones complejas entre factores socioeconómicos y ambientales. Los resultados revelan como la diversificación econó…
La Cartoteca Histórica De Costa Rica, Un Medio Para La Protección Y Divulgación Del Patrimonio Cartográfico
Collections of historical maps which preserve the National Archives of Costa Rica have an invaluable cultural value and due to its fragility, should be preserved in digital format for it manipulation. The initiative for create a Historic Map Library of Costa Rica, not only promotes the protection of these documents but also its electronic divulgation. Its main products are potential inputs for scientific research, consultation in general and the …
How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies
Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data from more than 25,000 individuals across 90 societies, we test several hypotheses linking normative constraints on everyday behaviors (like arguing, laughing, cursing, kissi…
Socioeconomic Determinants and Spatial Trends of Disaster Risk in Nicaragua
Geography (11 works) · Geology (8 works) · Geomorphology (6 works) · Physical geography (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (5 works) · Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Cartography (4 works) · Landslides and related hazards (4 works)