Biblioteca Virtual de Educación Ambiental Rosa Margarita Bonetti: Recent submissions
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Hydromorphological and socio-cultural assessment of urban rivers to promote nature-based solutions in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic
(2021)In Latin America and the Caribbean, river restoration projects are increasing, but many lack strategic planning and monitoring. We tested the applicability of a rapid visual social–ecological stream assessment method for ... -
Review of solar energy implementation in the Dominican Republic
(2023)This paper focuses on identifying the status of solar energy implementation in the Dominican Republic (DR) and in the wider global context in order to contrast the success the DR has made in this area. The data for this ... -
“They sold us illusions” : Informality, redevelopment, and the politics of limpieza in the Dominican Republic
(2020)In the capital city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, climate change and environmental concerns are used to justify massive redevelopment projects in informal settlements located along the rivers Ozama and Isabela. ... -
Monitoring of a living wall system in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as a strategy to reduce the Urban Heat Island
(2023)Given the current need to reduce the Urban Heat Island (UHI) worldwide, one of the strategies that can contribute to this mitigation is green façades. In this context, the aim of this research is to evaluate a Living Wall ... -
Managing the urban environment of Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic
(2019)This article brings the contemporary thinking and practice of Urban Environmental Management (UEM) to the solution of real problems in a major city of a developing country in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Such ...