Floods in the TempisqueRiver: History and Social Perceptions (1900-2007)

 

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Autores: Pizarro, Yanina, Marchena, Jorge
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2008
Descripción:The present article is about the subject of the floods from the perspective of the environment history, making emphasis on the development of this problem in the course of the twentieth century and concentrated in the populations of Filadelfia, La Guinea, Ortega and Bolsón, all settled in the margins of the Tempisque river. The objective of this work is to demonstrate that floods aren’t new or trigger only by nature, but are also linked to human activities that for decades has used the natural resources of the basin. Likewise, social perceptions are considered like a tool to understand the floods from the position of his inhabitants.
País:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/8101
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/8101
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tempisque River
floods
history
social perceptions
Río Tempisque
inundaciones
historia
percepciones sociales