Vulnerability of Brazilian Megacities to Climate Change: The São Paulo Metropolitan Region
A major concern of contemporary society in relation to future climate projections relates to possible changes in the frequencies and intensities of extreme weather events. Megacities such as São Paulo have numerous social and environmental problems associated with patterns of development and transformation of space, which have been aggravated by increases in temperature and intensification of extreme weather events. (?)
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2012-05
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Authors: | Nobre, Carlos Afonso ; Young, Andrea Ferraz ; Saldiva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento ; Orsini, José Antônio Marengo ; Nobre, Antonio Donato ; Ogura, Agostinho Tadashi ; Thomaz, Osório ; Párraga, Guillermo Oswaldo Obregón ; Silva, Gustavo Costa M. da ; Valverde, Maria ; Silveira, André Carvalho ; Rodrigues, Grasiela de Oliveira |
Institutions: | International Policy Center for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento |
Keywords: | Vulnerability of Brazilian Megacities to Climate Change: The São Paulo Metropolitan Region |
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