Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Vulnerability to climate change is a complex and dynamic phenomenon involving both social and physical/environmental aspects. It is presented as a method for the quantification of the vulnerability of all municipalities of Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil. It is based on the aggregation of different kinds of environmental, climatic, social, institutional, and epidemiological variables, to form a composite index. This was named “Index of Human Vulnerability” and was calculated using a software (SisVuClima®) specifically developed for this purpose. Social, environmental, and health data were combined with the climatic scenarios RCP 4.5 and 8.5, downscaled from ETA-HadGEM2-ES for each municipality. The Index of Human Vulnerability associated with the RCP 8.5 has shown a higher vulnerability for municipalities in the southern and eastern parts of the state of Minas Gerais.
- Autor
- Ana Flávia Quintão, Isabela Brito, Frederico Oliveira, Ana Paula Madureira, and Ulisses Confalonieri
- Organização(ões) Responsável(is)
- CPqRR/ FIOCRUZ
- Link do conteúdo
- https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2017/2821343/abs/
- Tipo do conteúdo
- Artigo Científico
- Público-alvo
- Todos
- Idioma
- Inglês
- Colaboradores
- N/A
- Tema
- Povos e Populações Vulneráveis Saúde
- Palavras-chave
- Vulnerabilidade, Mudanças climáticas, adaptação
- Escopo Geográfico
- Cidades
- Fase 2: Análise de impactos e vulnerabilidades
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- Apoia o entendimento de impactos e vulnerabilidades relacionados à mudança do clima
- Contém informações úteis para compreender as características biofísicas e socioeconômicas de um território