Opportunities and weakeness of integrated coastal management on the São Paulo coast in the context of macro-metropolis governance

• Grant number: 18/00462-8
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): May 01, 2018
• Effective date (End): April 15, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography
• Principal researcher: Alexander Turra
• Grantee: Leandra Regina Gonçalves Torres
• Home Institution: Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/03804-9 - Environmental governance of macrometropolis paulista in face of climate variability, AP.PFPMCG.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/04481-0 - How to govern the coastal zone in the macro-metropolitan region: challenges for integrated coastal management on the São Paulo coast, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Considering current pressures and threats, the complexity added by climate change and especially the prospect of increasing industrialization and human occupation for the São Paulo coast in the coming years, the present project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the institutional arrangements for management and territorial planning of the coastal and marine zone and to identify opportunities to reverse this scenario in the future, having as a case study the São Paulo coast, in the context of macro-metropolis governance. Through the application of the environmental policy integration principle and the concept of institutional interplay, this 24 month research will reflect on the development of a possible multilevel and polycentric governance, both necessary to systematically connect and integrate seemingly incompatible objectives of economic competitiveness, social development and environmental protection and, therefore, guarantee sustainable development. The São Paulo coastline is an interesting case for analysis since, throughout its extension, it covers a wide diversity of ecosystems responsible for the provision of several environmental services and it has been impacted by climate change, great enterprises, population growth, and disorderly coastal occupation.

Scientific publications

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(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)

GONCALVES, LEANDRA R.; FIDELMAN, PEDRO; TURRA, ALEXANDER; YOUNG, ORAN. The Dynamics of Multiscale Institutional Complexes: the Case of the Sao Paulo Macrometropolitan Region. Environmental Management, v. 67, n. 1 OCT 2020. Web of Science Citations: 1.

GONCALVES, LEANDRA R.; OLIVEIRA, MAYARA; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Assessing the Complexity of Social-Ecological Systems: Taking Stock of the Cross-Scale Dependence. SUSTAINABILITY, v. 12, n. 15 AUG 2020. Web of Science Citations: 1.

LEANDRA R. GONÇALVES; DG WEBSTER; ORAN YOUNG; MARCUS POLETTE; ALEXANDER TURRA. The Brazilian Blue Amazon under threat: Why has the oil spill continued for so long?. Ambiente & Sociedade, v. 23, p. -, 2020.

GERHARDINGER, LEOPOLDO CAVALERI; QUESADA-SILVA, MICHELE; GONCALVES, LEANDRA REGINA; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Unveiling the genesis of a marine spatial planning arena in Brazil. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT, v. 179, SEP 1 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

ANA FLÁVIA BARROS-PLATIAU; LEANDRA REGINA GONÇALVES. ANTARCTICA AND ABNJ IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: CHALLENGES TO THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF MARINE GENETIC RESOURCES?. Ambiente & Sociedade, v. 22, p. -, 2019.

PEDRO HENRIQUE CAMPELLO TORRES; RUTH FERREIRA RAMOS; LEANDRA GONÇALVES REGINA. ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS AT SÃO PAULO MACROMETROPOLIS: PARANAPIACABA AND SÃO SEBASTIÃO. Ambiente & Sociedade, v. 22, p. -, 2019.

GONCALVES, LEANDRA REGINA. The role of Brazil in the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE POLITICA INTERNACIONAL, v. 62, n. 2 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.