Vulnerability assessment to coastal erosion in Guarujá, SP

• Grant number: 15/25510-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2016
• End date: December 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Geological Oceanography
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Siegle
• Grantee: Talia Santos de Andrade
• Host Institution: Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Coastal erosion has many causes, natural or anthropogenic, or from combinations of both effects. Its impacts translate into socio-economic and environmental damage of great magnitude. Recently, several methodologies for the study of vulnerability to coastal erosion have been developed and applied. The study area for this application is in Guaruja, State of São Paulo coast, where vulnerability five beaches will be evaluated. The approached quantitative method takes into account mainly the hydrodynamic and sedimentological processes that contribute to the evolution of the beach. We hope, with this study, contribute to the knowledge of the morphodynamics of the area and provide support for different actions of coastal management.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE ANDRADE, TALIA SANTOS; GOMES DE OLIVEIRA SOUSA, PAULO HENRIQUE; SIEGLE, EDUARDO. Vulnerability to beach erosion based on a coastal processes approach. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY, v. 102, p. 12-19, JAN 2019. (15/25510-7)