RESEARCHERS
Leonardo Zurita
PhD in Geography, King´s College London
Office: Maxwell, M-318
Phone: (+593 2) 297-1700, ext. 1124
E-mail: lzurita@usfq.edu.ec
Interests
Development and Training on Geoinformatics and Geotechnological Applications; Ecosystem Services Mapping through spatially explicit models; Monitoring the change in Forest Cover using Remote Sensing Techniques; Open Low-cost Technologies for Environmental Monitoring.
Projects
- Mapping and Prioritisation of Ecosystem Services in continental Ecuador
- Defining nesting areas of the Galapagos Petrel, Pterodroma phaeopygia, to securing its long-term conservation
- Mapping and characterisation of high-altitude peatlands in the paramos of Ecuador
- SE4Amazonian: Sustainable Energy for the Amazonian Indigenous communities
Publications
| Year | Title | Authors | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Land use change in the Ecuadorian páramo: The impact of expanding agriculture on soil carbon storage | Jennifer B Thompson, Leo Zurita-Arthos, Felix Muller, Segundo Chimbolema, Esteban Suárez | Download |
| 2020 | Earth Observation for Settlement Mapping of Amazonian Indigenous Populations to Support SDG7 | Javier Muro, Leo Zurita-Arthos, José Jara, Esteban Calderón, Richard Resl, Andreas Rienow, Valerie Graw | Download |
| 2019 | GeoFarmer: A monitoring and feedback system for agricultural development projects | Anton Eitzinger, James Cock, Karl Atzmanstorfer, Claudia R Binder, Peter Laderach, Osana Bonilla-Findji, Mona Bartling, Caroline Mwongera, Leo Zurita, Andy Jarvis | Download |
| 2019 | A multi-national human computer interaction evaluation of the public participatory GIS GeoCitizen | Mona Bartling, Bernd Resch, Anton Eitzinger, Leo Zurita-Arthos | Download |
| 2018 | Urban land cover change in ecologically fragile environments: the case of the Galapagos Islands | Fátima L Benítez, Carlos F Mena, Leo Zurita-Arthos | Download |
| 2013 | Multi-Criteria GIS Analysis and Geo-Visualisation of the Overlap of Oil Impacts and Ecosystem Services in the Western Amazon. | L Zurita-Arthos, M Mulligan | Download |