Achtergronden van een ramp : de uitbarsting van de Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia), november 1985 (Backgrounds of a disaster : the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia), november 1985)
Colombia ; Distribution network ; Drug ; Economic impact ; Trade
Focuses on the organization of cocaine trafficking into cartels headquartered in Colombia. Description of international distribution networks in Europe and North America. Impact of the cocaine business on Colombia. - (DWG)
The positioning of economic rationality in Colombia
Colombia ; Economic policy ; Knowledge ; Role of the State ; Society ; Sociology
Colombia ; Conocimiento ; Política económica ; Rol del Estado ; Sociedad ; Sociología
This article explains how economic rationality in Colombia came to play a growing role in the management of economic policy and social analysis, as a case study of a process that is observed in various parts of the world. In addition to the rise
Morpho-structural expression of active thrust fault systems in the humid tropical foothills of Colombia and Venezuela
Andes ; Colombia ; Drainage network ; Fault ; Latin America ; Structural geomorphology ; Tectonic thrust ; Tectonics ; Tropical zone ; Venezuela
This paper intends to present observations of geomorphic and geologic evidence in the Eastern Andan foothills of Colombia and Venezuela, where a well-developed-fold-and-thrust belt is currently growing. In this type of tectonic setting, the analysis
The dialectics of equity : consumer citizenship and the extension of water supply in Medellín, Colombia
Citizenship ; Colombia ; Consumption ; Energy consumption ; Equity ; Household consumption ; Neo liberalism ; Public service ; Role of the State ; Water ; Water supply
Abastecimiento de agua ; Agua ; Ciudadanía ; Colombia ; Consumo ; Consumo de energía ; Consumo de las unidades familiares ; Equidad ; Neoliberalismo ; Rol del Estado ; Servicio público
This article draws on studies of consumption in sociology and geography as well as a case study of water services in Medellín, Colombia, to explore the potential for a dialectical consumer citizen approach to public services. I argue that, for water
This article reviews the history and advances in the field of Urban Forestry in Colombia. It provides an analysis of the results of the survey conducted within the country’s environmental authorities. It aims at providing a diagnosis
Monitoring of hazards and urban growth in Villavicencio, Colombia, using scanned air photos and satellite imagery
Aerial photography ; Colombia ; Data processing ; Inundation ; Mass movement ; Monitoring ; Natural hazards ; Remote sensing ; SPOT ; Satellite imagery ; Urban growth ; Urbanization
of the eastern Andes in Colombia. In this particular case, the hazards principally affect the city's links with the outside world : the only highway to the centre of Colombia is threatened by a major landslip; the civil airport, by flooding.
Atlas ; Colombia ; Data ; Economy ; Land use ; National atlas ; Natural environment ; Population ; Region ; Spatial organization ; Thematic map ; Town plan
Vegetational and climatic history of the high plain of Bogotà, Colombia: a continuous record of the last 3.5 millions years.
To study the climatic history of the Quaternary of Colombia, a drill-core of 357 m depth has been analyzed. For the time being it seems that this sequence of over 3.5 millions years is the longest continuous climatic record of the world, at least