La Paz and El Alto are two fast-growing high-altitude Bolivian cities forming the second largest metropolitan area in the country, located between 3200 and 4050 m a.s.l. Together they host a growing population of around 1.8 million people. The air quality in this conurbati...
This study investigates BC concentration levels, identifies its emission sources, and characterizes the optical properties of BC at urban background sites of the two largest high-altitude Bolivian cities: La Paz (LP) (3600 m above sea level) and El Alto (EA) (4050 m ...
The conurbation of La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, the highest seat of government in the world, can be described as an indigenous urban center overlooking a colonial city. In this metropolitan area of 1.4 million people, location and altitude accurately predict class and ethnicity as well as ...
The conurbation of La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, the highest seat of government in the world, can be described as an indigenous urban center overlooking a colonial city. In this metropolitan area of 1.4 million people, location and altitude accurately predict class and ethnicity as well as ...
Near the coast and the low levels of the western slope, it is characterized by a desert environment with scarce and poorly distributed rainfall, increasing as one ascends in altitude; the temperate and dry climate regions are located in the intermediate levels of the eastern and western slopes ...
Near the coast and the low levels of the western slope, it is characterized by a desert environment with scarce and poorly distributed rainfall, increasing as one ascends in altitude; the temperate and dry climate regions are located in the intermediate levels of the eastern and western slopes ...