Spanish Abstract: El artículo presenta el uso de técnicas cartográficas de scripting para la visualización de mapas topográficos y geomorfológicos por R y GMT. Los mapas temáticos pretenden analizar la región del Perú con un enfoque específico en su geomorfología: pendiente, aspecto,...

Spanish Abstract: El mundo cuestiona la generación eléctrica con combustibles fósiles por la emisión de dióxido de carbono que tiene incidencia en el efecto invernadero y en el cambio climático. Esta preocupación ha llevado a la creación de un nuevo mercado: el Mercado de Carbono. Este...

This article puts forward an explanation of climate change within the context of global change. Climate change can be seen as the spearhead; as a manifestation of the increasing unsustainability of planet Earth. We consider some of the effects of this change, examining its uneven impact on...

This article analyzes a key issue regarding Climate Change: how to provide private enterprises with correct incentives in order to change their productive and innovative patterns and foster them to invest in research and development related with less greenhouse gasesintensive technologies. This...

Carbon taxes are advocated as efficient fiscal and environmental policies, but they have proven difficult to implement. One reason is that carbon taxes can aggravate poverty by increasing prices of basic goods and services such as food, heating, and commuting. Meanwhile, cash transfer programs...