Extreme rainfall in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas: impacts, spatial and socioeconomic analyses and public policy

• Grant number: 12/00883-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: April 01, 2012
• End date: July 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Lucí Hidalgo Nunes
• Grantee: Marina Sória Castellano
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências (IG). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study, whose results will be integrated into the thematic project "Assessment of Impacts and vulnerability to climate change in Brazil and Strategies for adaptation option" (Proc. FAPESP 2008/58161-1), aims to identify extreme rainfall events in the 19 municipalities that belong to the Metropolitan Region of Campinas (MRC) recorded between 1970 and 2010, assessing their consequences, frequency and location and pointing out the most susceptible areas and the most affected social grouping. The study foresees the analyses of the towns’ Master Plans, the land use and land cover legislation, as well as the urban evolution and the social characteristics of the municipalities which are most heavily impacted by rainfall. It is also a scope of this research to contribute to a better understanding of the socio-environmental issues within the Metropolitan Region of Campinas

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CASTELLANO, Marina Sória. Extreme precipitation events in Metropolitan Region of Campinas (SP): impacts, socio-economic analysis and public policies. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Geociências Campinas, SP.