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PROFESSORS

Leo Zurita

PhD in Geography, King’s College London, UK

Office: 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

YearTitleAuthorsDocument
2021Land use change in the Ecuadorian páramo: The impact of expanding agriculture on soil carbon storageJennifer B Thompson, Leo Zurita-Arthos, Felix Müller, Segundo Chimbolema, Esteban SuárezDownload
2020Earth Observation for Settlement Mapping of Amazonian Indigenous Populations to Support SDG7Javier Muro, Leo Zurita-Arthos, José Jara, Esteban Calderón, Richard Resl, Andreas Rienow, Valerie GrawDownload
2019GeoFarmer: A monitoring and feedback system for agricultural development projectsAnton Eitzinger, James Cock, Karl Atzmanstorfer, Claudia R Binder, Peter Läderach, Osana Bonilla-Findji, Mona Bartling, Caroline Mwongera, Leo Zurita, Andy JarvisDownload
2019A multi-national human–computer interaction evaluation of the public participatory GIS GeoCitizenMona Bartling, Bernd Resch, Anton Eitzinger, Leo Zurita-ArthosDownload
2018Urban land cover change in ecologically fragile environments: the case of the Galapagos IslandsFátima L Benítez, Carlos F Mena, Leo Zurita-ArthosDownload
2013Multi-Criteria GIS Analysis and Geo-Visualisation of the Overlap of Oil Impacts and Ecosystem Services in the Western Amazon.L Zurita-Arthos, M MulliganDownload