Risk management and vulnerability to sea level rise in Brazil, with emphasis to the legacy of the Metropole Project in Santos

Sea Level Rise (SLR) poses a range of threats to natural environments and built infrastructure in coastal zones around the world. Coastal cities in Brazil are vulnerable to the effects of SLR and to the intensity of storms that induce more storm surges and coastal inundation. Studies on vulnerabili...

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Published in:	Derbyana Vol. 43; p. e768
Main Authors:	Marengo, José Antonio, Nunes, Lucí Hidalgo, Souza, Celia Regina de Gouveia, Hosokawa, Eduardo Kimoto, Pedro, Greicilene Regina, Harari, Joseph, Moreira, Paula Franco, Franco, Pacita López, Bandini, Marcos Pellegrini, Garcia, Patricia Dalsoglio, Gireli, Tiago Zenker
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais - SIMA 29-12-2022
Subjects:	Sea level rise; Climate change; Floods; Coastal erosion; Rainfall
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Summary:	Sea Level Rise (SLR) poses a range of threats to natural environments and built infrastructure in coastal zones around the world. Coastal cities in Brazil are vulnerable to the effects of SLR and to the intensity of storms that induce more storm surges and coastal inundation. Studies on vulnerability of coastal cities in Brazil have been developed by multidisciplinary and multinational collaboration between teams of natural and social scientists. Perhaps the best example is the METROPOLE Project (An Integrated Framework to Analyze Local Decision Making and Adaptive Capacity to Large-Scale Environmental Change), a partnership between Brazil, United States and United Kingdom developed to evaluate how local government, stakeholders and citizens may decide about adaptation options related to SLR and extreme events projections. In this paper we show how some results of the METROPOLE project have been considered in the definition of public polices of climate change adaptation and for practical actions to increase resilience of Santos by reducing beach erosion, to reduce climate risk.
ISSN:	2764-1465 2764-1465
DOI:	10.14295/derb.v43.768