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Water Use and Climate Stressors in a Multiuser River Basin Setting: Who Benefits from Adaptation?
(2021)
Adapting to new climate conditions will require an intricate mix of knowledge, planning,
coordination, and foresight. There is increasing sectoral evidence on the implementation of successful adaptation actions. However, ...
Urbanização, planejamento e mudanças climáticas : desafios da capital paulista e da Região Metropolitana de São Paulo
(Universidade Federal de São CarlosUFSCarPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política - PPGPolCâmpus São Carlos, 2016-10-14)
The aim of this thesis is to investigate how the recent urban development agenda of São Paulo
contributes to overcoming the challenges related to addressing climate change at the local and
regional/metropolitan area. ...
Natural ventilation for office building retrofit in dense urban context under hot and humid climate
(ANTAC - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído, 2021)
A climate change vulnerability index and case study in a Brazilian Coastal City
(2016-08-18)
Coastal areas are highly susceptible to the effects of climate change, particularly to sea-level rise and extreme rainfall events, resulting in increased social and environmental vulnerabilities. In this context, the need ...
Climate change and its effects on urban spaces in Chile: A summary of research carried out in the period 2000-2012
(CENTRO CIENCIAS ATMOSFERA UNAM, 2013)
Climate change affects us in the tropics: local perspectives on ecosystem services and well-being sensitivity in Southeast Brazil
(Springer, 2022-09-01)
Inequalities in benefits from ecosystem services (ES) challenge the achievement of sustainability goals, because they increase the vulnerability of socio-ecological systems to climate hazards. Yet the unequal effects of ...
Climate change accelerates growth of urban trees in metropolises worldwide
(Nature Publishing Group, 2017)
Despite the importance of urban trees, their growth reaction to climate change and to the urban heat island effect has not yet been investigated with an international scope. While we are well informed about forest growth ...
Coping with Natural Disasters and Urban Risk: An Approach to Urban Sustainability from Socio-Environmental Fragmentation and Urban Vulnerability Assessment
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014)
Purpose - Cities have been exposed to a variety of natural disasters such as flooding, extreme temperatures, storms, earthquakes, and other natural shocks, and have had to respond and adapt to such pressures over time. In ...