Organization of spatial databases and production of exploratory territorial readings

• Grant number: 24/23630-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2025
• End date: January 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Raquel Rolnik
• Grantee: Lara Araujo Giacomini
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 23/12851-7 - Evictions Observatory: interdisciplinary dimensions of risk in times of climate change and housing crisis, AP.TEM

Abstract

Fellow responsible for organizing and geocoding databases on forced displacement, populations and territories at risk in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region (RMSP). The plan of activities is part of the initial and exploratory phase of the project, which will include the contribution of the fellow. The specific duties of the undergraduate researcher are: (i) capturing and organizing the information that makes up the database, obtained from various sources (open government data, complaints from those affected, requests for access to information, clipping tools, among others); (ii) checking and supplementing this information, based on dialogue with those affected; (iii) geocoding the information, transforming addresses and other spatial references into geographical coordinates; (iv) producing thematic cartographies.