Pablo Mayer- University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Pablo Mayer
- University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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El sistema ES-Alert, implementado en las Islas Canarias, representa un avance en la comunicación de emergencias y la reducción del riesgo de desastres. Este estudio tiene como objetivo analizar cómo se ha percibido la implementación de este sistema dentro de la comunidad universitaria de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, tras el simulac...
This work identifies and analyses, from a synoptic point of view, episodes of torrential rainfall (equal to or greater than 200 mm in a single day) that occurred in the Canary Islands between 1950 and 2020. For this purpose, all daily rainfall series available in different databases were used, with a final selection, after applying various filters...
Il poster discute l'integrazione delle tecnologie dell'informazione geografica (TIG) nella gestione delle emergenze, con un focus particolare sui centri di coordinamento 112. Si evidenzia come queste tecnologie abbiano migliorato il processo decisionale e la coordinazione tra i servizi, portando a una risposta più efficace durante disastri e catast...
Questa presentazione esplora la complessa vulcanologia dell'isola di La Palma, con un focus sull'eruzione del vulcano Tajogaite nell'autunno 2021. L'eruzione, durata 85 giorni, è stata la più lunga registrata nella storia dell'isola, causando significative distruzioni alle infrastrutture e lasciando un'impronta duratura sul territorio. Il documento...
The combination of the current sea level rise (SLR) and an increase in the frequency and severity of sea storm events and surges, will have important environmental impacts on coastal tourist areas located in oceanic islands that are often heavily dependent economically on tourism. Importantly, coastal tourist resorts and their associated beaches ar...
The "Caldera de Taburiente" National Park is placed on the island of La Palma, the north-westernmost island of the Canary Islands archipelago. Declared National Park in 1954, its 47 km 2 are located in the northern part of the island. The altitude ranges from 430 m a.s.l. in the bottom of the 'Barranco de Las Angustias' creek to 2426 m a.s.l. in th...
Este trabajo consiste en el análisis espacial y temporal del riesgo de inundación en las costas del Norte de Gran Canaria. En esta zona existen núcleos urbanos cercanos a la costa que son susceptibles de ser inundados ante un incremento del nivel del mar en el contexto del cambio climático global. A partir del estudio específico de la peligrosidad,...
The sea level rise (SLR), and the increase of the marine storms frequency and severity have important socio-environmental impacts on coastal tourist areas located in oceanic islands, which normally depend on tourism. This study aims to show the present and future environmental effects of cyclonic marine storms (CMS) on island tourist beaches in the...
The geoheritage and geodiversity of the national parks contribute, together with biodiversity, to make them protected natural areas that are unique in Spain, but also unique worldwide. Geoheritage is non-renewable and if it is lost or degraded it does so forever. Under the Global Change and Climate Change scenario, the geoheritage of the Canary nat...
This research studies risk assessment as an adaptation strategy to climate change. To do this, a risk analysis methodology has been developed at the cadastral parcel level in one of the main tourist areas of both the Canary Islands and Spain, the coast of Arona and Adeje. The method based on the approaches of the United Nations Office for Disaster...
The small island areas oriented to coastal tourism are highly vulnerable to marine storms, given the fluctuation of this economic sector and the increase in its exposure due to the increasing anthropogenic presence on the coastline. In this context, the storms between 1958 and 2017 are studied here in the most important tourist enclaves of Tenerife...
The small island areas oriented to coastal tourism are highly vulnerable to marine storms, given the fluctuation of this economic sector and the increase of its exposure due to the increasing anthropogenic presence on the coastline. In this context, the storms between 1958 and 2017 are studied here in the most important tourist enclaves of Tenerife...
Resumen En este trabajo se propone una metodología cualitativa para el cálculo de un índice de vulnerabili-dad por inundación. Partiendo de información disponible en muchas administraciones locales, esta se aplica en el litoral de Arona y Adeje, áreas turísticas en el suroeste de Tenerife que cuentan con una oferta alojativa superior a las 90.000 p...
Los archipiélagos de la Macaronesia poseen rasgos físicos similares. Son islas con una gran dependencia exterior y con un destacado peso del sector turístico en sus PIBs. Su origen volcánico y sus características climáticas implican variadas amenazas de origen natural. Se determinan aquellas que puedan afectar a la actividad turística, identificánd...
Los archipiélagos de la Macaronesia poseen rasgos físicos similares. Son islas con una gran dependencia exterior y con un destacado peso del sector turístico en sus PIBs. Su origen volcánico y sus características climáticas implican variadas amenazas de origen natural. Se determinan aquellas que puedan afectar a la actividad turística, identificánd...
Coastal spaces exploited for tourism tend to be developed rapidly and with a desire to maximise profit, leading to diverse environmental problems, including flooding. As the origin of flood events is usually associated with intense precipitation episodes, this study considers the general rainfall characteristics of tourist resorts in two islands of...
En el contexto del cambio climático, la reducción del riesgo de desastres de origen natural en espacios insulares áridos y costeros está demandando metodologías accesibles y sencillas que permitan dar soporte a la planificación del riesgo. En este trabajo se muestra una metodología cualitativa para el cálculo de un índice de vulnerabilidad de inund...
Relación entre episodios de lluvia intensa y daños producidos por inundaciones en áreas turísticas costeras de clima árido: el Sur de Tenerife (1980-2018) The relation between the intense rainfall events and flood damage in arid coastal tourist urbanizations: the South of Tenerife (1980-2018) Resumen: El objetivo de este trabajo es el examen de la...
Las regiones costeras e insulares de especialización turística en climas áridos y semiáridos de tipo mediterráneo pueden verse afectadas por una serie de amenazas naturales entre las que destacan las de origen hidrometereológico. La irregularidad pluviométrica de estos espacios donde se pueden intercalar largos periodos de sequía interrumpidos por...
Flash floods represent one of the more usual natural hazards in mountain basins, and, combined with the lack of reliable flow data and the recreational use of the drainage basin by tourists and hikers, there is a significant risk of catastrophe. Here, we present a dendro-geomorphological reconstruction of a past flash flood event in the Caldera de...
Las Angustias River is an ungauged stream in the Caldera de Taburiente National Park (Spain), where frequent intense flash-flood events occur. The aim of this research is to analyze the flood hazard at the Playa de Taburiente. Based on the limited information available (short time-series of daily precipitation), a statistical frequency analysis of...
Gran Canaria Island is frequently impacted by Saharan dust, a health hazard of particular concern to the island population and health agencies. Airborne mineral dust has the severest impact on the higher age groups of the population, and those with respiratory conditions; despite that, on average, the ambient particulate matter (PM) concentrations...
This paper pursues two objectives: first, to determine the trends of seasonal and annual precipitation in the Canary Islands and, second, to identify trends in the daily precipitation concentration index (CI). For the first objective, we used data from 1970-2013 of 23 rainfall stations located on different islands, after verifying the homogeneity o...
Las Angustias river is an ungauged stream located in the Caldera de Taburiente National Park (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain), where frequent intense flash-flood events occur, sometimes with fatal consequences (4 deaths, November 2001) and considerable financial implications (over 700 000 euros in recent years). The aim of this research is to anal...
RESUMEN: El objetivo del estudio es analizar la relación de causalidad entre la temperatura y la altitud y orientación del relieve en las islas de mayor altitud del archipiélago canario con el fin de realizar una aproximación al comportamiento espacial de esta variable climática. Para ello se realizan transectos verticales desde la costa a la cumbr...
The values above 0.63 in the daily precipitation concentration index (CI), in the 29 areas of the Canary Islands analyzed in this study, are evidence of one of the most characteristic features of the rainfall in the islands. However, one can see that the behaviour differs according to the altitude and orientation of the mountain slopes, in such a w...
Las Angustias torrent is one of the most visited spots of the La Palma Island, with more than 60,000 hikers per year. In this gauge, flash floods recurrently cause the evacuation of visitors and have occasionally provoked casualties in the Park. Furthermore, the revegetation of the torrential floodplain and shores have been hampered by torrential f...
En este trabajo se presentan las principales pautas del comportamiento térmico de la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Utilizando el método de los recorridos urbanos, durante un año se registraron los datos de temperatura y humedad de 42 puntos de la ciudad, que incluyen áreas formales y funcionales diferentes. Los resultados confirman la exist...
Las Angustias torrent is an ungauged stream located in the 'Caldera de Taburiente' National Park (La Palma,
Canary Islands, Spain), where frequent and intense flash flood events occur, even causing fatalities (such as in November 2001) and important economic damages (over 700,000 euros in the last two years). The aim of this research is to analyze...
AVANCES EN LA INVESTIGACIÓN DE LOS RECURSOS HÍDRI-COS EN ISLAS Y TERRENOS VOLCÁNICOS Canarias se puede considerar como uno de los mejores laboratorios hidrogeológicos del mundo. Por una parte, en la isla coexiste un amplísimo abanico de procesos volcá-nicos, desde aquellos asociados a materiales muy básicos a otros asociados a materia-les muy difer...
Las Angustias torrent is an ungauged stream located in the 'Caldera de Taburiente' National Park (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain), where frequent and intense flash flood events occur, even causing fatalities (such as in November 2001) and important economic damages (over 700,000 euros in the last two years). The aim of this research is to analyze...
Resumen: El estudio de los sistemas de dunas activas conlleva una serie de dificultades que se derivan, entre otros aspectos, de los problemas para la adquisición generalizada, continua y sincrónica de información topográfica de detalle sobre los mismos. Recientemente, la utilización de datos LIDAR ha demostrado una excelente idoneidad para este ti...
This article presents an analysis of air temperatures in the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. We have used urban transects to study the main patterns of the hygrothermal regime. The findings of this study show that the higher parts of the city (Ciudad Alta) act as a cool enclave, compared to the warmer temperatures registered in the lower distri...
This article presents an analysis of air temperatures in the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. We have used urban transects to study the main patterns of the hygrothermal regime. The findings of this study show that the higher parts of the city (Ciudad Alta) act as a cool enclave, compared to the warmer temperatures registered in the lower distri...
El sur de Gran Canaria ha sido intensamente transformado por las instalaciones turísticas que, desde 1962, se han realizado. Entre las consecuencias ambientales de este proceso destacan las inundaciones. El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar si existe relación entre las implantaciones turísticas y el incremento, en las últimas décadas, de los d...
The south coast of Gran Canaria has suffered considerable changes due to construction of tourist-related infrastructure since 1962. The construction process has also induced changes in the geomorphological system. The aim of this paper is to determine whether or not there is a connection between the building of tourist-related establishments and th...
En la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria los episodios de lluvia facilitan la manifestación de riesgos geomorfológicos. El de las inundaciones constituye uno de los más importantes y ha estado presente desde los orígenes de esta ciudad. Las peculiares características del medio físico, tanto desde el punto de vista topográfico como desde el geológ...
