Academic Background

BS Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Banos
MS Environmental Science, University of the Philippines Los Banos
PhD Environmental Science, University of the Philippines Los Banos

Research Interest

  • Environmental science
  • Quantitative geography
  • Climate change
  • Natural hazards and risk
  • Agricultural ecology
  • Open-geospatial data and computing

Recent Publications

Book Chapters


1. Lutero, D.S.M., Malaguit, J.C., Relente, M.J.L., Nazareno, A.L., Salvacion, A.R. (2022). Fuzzy logic modeling of
groundwater potential in Marinduque, Philippines. In: Water Resources Modeling and Computational Technologies.
Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research. Mohammad Zakwan, Abdul Wahid, Majid Niazkar, Uday
Chatterjee (Eds.) Elsevier (Forthcoming)

2. Salvacion, A.R., Devanadera, M.C.E., Paro, F.R.C., Lecciones, A.J.M., Eligue, J.C.L. (2022) Flood Vulnerability
Assessment in Marinduque, Philippines Using Fuzzy Logic and Principal Component Analysis . In: The Routledge
Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in the Pacific Rim. Yizhao Yang, Anne Taufen (Eds). Routledge.
pp. 66-79 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003033530-7

3. Salvacion, A.R. (2022) Groundwater Potential Mapping using Maximum Entropy. In: Water Resources Management
and Sustainability. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Pankaj Kumar, Gaurav Kant
Nigam, Manish Kumar Sinha, Anju Singh (Eds). Springer Singapore. pp. 239-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-
981-16-6573-8_13


4. Salvacion, A.R (2022) Multi-scale Drought Hazard assessment in the Philippines. In: Computers in Earth and
Environmental Sciences. Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza (Ed). Elsevier. pp. 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-
0-323-89861-4.00024-5


Journals (ISI/Scopus Indexed)
1. Salvacion, A.R (2022) COVID 19 susceptibility mapping using GIS and Principal Component Analysis: A case
study for Marinduque Island, Philippines. Spatial Information Research (Accepted)

2. Rico, E.R., Lutero, D.SM., Nazareno, A.L., Salvacion, A.R. (2022) A spatiotemporal optimization model of crop
rotation plan for Marinduque, Philippines. Spatial Information Research (Accepted)

3. Blanco, N.F.D., Salvacion, A.R., Devanadera, M.C.E., Sandalo, R.M., Abucay, E.R. (2022). Characterizing malaria
spatial distribution in the province of Palawan, Philippines Spatial Information Research 30 (2):279–289
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-022-00429-6

4. Lutero, D.SM., Cerilo, G.E.,Eustaquio, A., Buhat, C.A., Nazareno, A., Nazareno, A.L., Salvacion, A.R. (2021)
Optimal Route for Island Day Tours in Marinduque, Philippines. Spatial Information Research 30 (2):205–214
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-021-00424-3

5. Salvacion, A.R (2021) Mapping meteorological drought hazard in the Philippines using SPI and SPEI. Spatial
Information Research 29 (6): 949–960 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-021-00402-9

6. Pangga, I.B., Salvacion, A.R., Hamor, N.H, Yap, S.A. (2021). Maximum entropy (MaxEnt) modeling of the potential
distribution of Aspidiotus rigidus Reyne (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in the Philippines. Philippine Agricultural
Scientist 104 (1): 1-7

7. Salvacion, A.R. (2020). Delineating soil erosion risk in Marinduque, Philippines using RUSLE. GeoJournal
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10264-7

8. Salvacion, A.R. (2019). Mapping land limitations for agricultural land use planning using fuzzy Logic
Approach:A case study for Marinduque Island, Philippines. GeoJournal 86 (2):915-925
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-019-10103-4

9. Salvacion, A.R., Solpot, T.C., Cumagun, C.J.R., Pangga, I.B., Magcale-Macandog, D.B., Cruz, P.C.S., Saludes,
R.B.,Aguilar, E.A. (2019). Exploring environmental determinants of Fusarium wilt occurrence on banana in South
Central Mindanao, Philippines. Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 12 (2):78-90 https://doi.org/10.2478/hppj-
2019-0008


10. Salvacion, A.R. (2019). Eect of climate on provincial-level banana yield in the Philippines. Information Processing
in Agriculture 7 (1):50-57 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpa.2019.05.005

11. Salvacion, A.R., Cumagun, C.J.R., Pangga, I.B., Magcale-Macandog, D.B., Cruz, P.C.S., Saludes, R.B., Solpot,
T.C., Aguilar, E.A. (2019). Banana suitability and Fusarium wilt distribution in the Philippines under climate
change.Spatial Information Research 27 (3):339-349 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-019-00239-3

12. Salvacion, A.R. (2018).Spatial pattern and determinants of village level poverty in Marinduque Island, Philippines.
GeoJournal 85 (1):257-267 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-018-9944-6

13. Salvacion, A.R.,Magcale-Macandog, D.B., Cruz, P.C.S., Saludes,Pangga, I.B., Cumagun, C.J.R. (2018) Exploring
spatial patterns of trends in monthly rainfall and temperature in the Philippines based on Climate Research Unit
grid. Spatial Information Research 26 (5): 471-481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-018-0189-8

14. Salvacion, A.R.,Magcale-Macandog, D.B., Cruz, P.C.S., Saludes,Pangga, I.B., Cumagun, C.J.R. (2018) Evaluation
and spatial downscaling of CRU TS precipitation data in the Philippines.Modeling Earth Systems and
Environment 4 (3): 891-898. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-018-0477-2

Research Profiles

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Email address

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