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Climate Change in Santos Brazil: Projections, Impacts and Adaptation Options

  • Presents an overview of decision making policies in coastal areas
  • Provides a unique insight into the case study of Santos, Brazil
  • Offers a historic view into the sea level rise, precipitation, temperature and storm frequency

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. Current Environmental Patterns and Projections in the Study Area

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. Patterns of Extreme Precipitation in Santos

      • Lucí Hidalgo Nunes, Lincoln Muniz Alves, Eduardo Kimoto Hosokawa, José Antonio Marengo
      Pages 45-57
    3. Projections of Climate Change in the Coastal Area of Santos

      • Sin-Chan Chou, José A. Marengo, Adan J. Silva, André A. Lyra, Priscila Tavares, Celia Regina de Gouveia Souza et al.
      Pages 59-73
    4. Projection and Uncertainties of Sea Level Trends in Baixada Santista

      • Joseph Harari, Ricardo de Camargo, Celia Regina de Gouveia Souza, Lucí Hidalgo Nunes
      Pages 75-95
    5. Long Term Analysis of Meteorological-Oceanographic Extreme Events for the Baixada Santista Region

      • Celia Regina de Gouveia Souza, Agenor Pereira Souza, Joseph Harari
      Pages 97-134
    6. First Approach of a Storm Surge Early Warning System for Santos Region

      • Renan Braga Ribeiro, Alexandra Franciscatto Penteado Sampaio, Matheus Souza Ruiz, José Chambel Leitão, Paulo Chambel Leitão
      Pages 135-157
  3. Impacts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
    2. Rainfall Episodes and Local Stability Thresholds in Santos

      • Beatriz Barbi de Oliveira Santos, Lucí Hidalgo Nunes, Marcos Pellegrini Bandini
      Pages 161-175
    3. Land Use Change Dynamics in the Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista MRBS (SP): Between Development and Environmental Impacts

      • Antonio Carlos da Silva Oscar Júnior, Beatriz Barbi de Oliveira Santos, Eduardo Kimoto Hosokawa, Pamela Pereira de Araújo, José Marques Carriço
      Pages 177-199
    4. Land Reclamation Effects on Santos Estuary Inlet Stability

      • Thiago Bezerra Corrêa, Tiago Zenker Gireli, Vinícius de Carvalho Neiva Pinheiro
      Pages 221-242
  4. Adaptation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
    2. Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure Under Climate Change Scenarios: The Case of Santos

      • Vitor Baccarin Zanetti, Wilson Cabral de Sousa Júnior, Eduardo Kimoto Hosokawa
      Pages 245-251
    3. Climate Change and Adaptive Capacity in the City of Santos

      • Fabiano de Araujo Moreira, Shona Paterson, Lucí Hidalgo Nunes, Mark Pelling
      Pages 253-267
    4. Adapting to a Changing Climate: An Operational Space for Local Adaptation Committee in Santos Coastal Area

      • Débora M. de Freitas, Danielle Almeida de Carvalho, Eduardo Kimoto Hosokawa
      Pages 285-302

About this book

This book is the result of the project METROPOLE: An Integrated Framework to Analyse Local Decision Making and Adaptive Capacity to Large-Scale Environmental Change: Community Case Studies in Brazil, UK and the US, supported by the Belmont Forum-G8 Initiative Collaborative Research (Coastal Vulnerability, G8MUREFU3 2201-040).

The Project METROPOLE was designed to address some important challenges of our time: on one hand, how to reduce the risks from climate change in coastal areas, in view of safeguarding life, assuring the safety of assets and the maintenance of rich ecosystems; and on the other hand, how to improve the interaction between scientists, decision makers and population for a common goal, to prevent alarming projections of sea level rise from being realized.

This book focuses on the basis of the project which is anchored in the recognition of the importance of both dialogue and action on climate change involving different actors. Therefore, the participation of decision-makers, the population and representatives of civil and private organizations are key-elements in ensuring measures that might slow down, minimise or even restrict the perverse effects of climate change.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Santos, Brazil

    Lucí Hidalgo Nunes

  • Department of Geography, UNICAMP – Instituto de Geociências, Campinas, Brazil

    Roberto Greco

  • National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN), São José dos Campos, Brazil

    José A. Marengo

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eBook USD 84.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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