Daniel Joseph Hogan

• Abstract

  This project seeks to lay the groundwork for the long-term study of the environmental consequences of climate change on the Coast of Sao Paulo. It asks specific scientific questions about the spatial and demographic constraints which will condition adaptive response to climate change by coastal communities and local-regional governments; about the context of social conflict concerning the…

  Urban growth, vulnerability and adaptation: social and ecological dimensions of climate change on the coast of São Paulo, AP.PFPMCG.TEM
• Alexander M. de Sherbinin | Columbia University - Estados Unidos, AV.EXT

• Abstract

  This project seeks to understand the dynamics of population distribution and mobility in two of the most important metropolitan regions of the State of São Paulo; the consequences of this mobility for the distribution of population in space; and the social-economics, demographics and environmental determinants and consequences of these factors. Campinas and Santos are highly urbanized reg…

  Intra-metropolitan dynamics and socio-demographic vulnerability in two metropolitan areas in the State of São Paulo, Brazil: Campinas and Santos, AP.TEM

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• Abstract

  The association between urbanization and environmental degradation is commonplace in the demographic and sociological literature, especially in the debates on the relations among urban population growth, scarcity of resources, pollution and quality of life. Recent changes in population distribution patterns in Brazil"s principle urban agglomerations lead to dispersed and fragmented patter…

  Challenges for sustainable urbanization in the intra-metropolitan space of Campinas and Santos: populational mobility, socioenvironmental vulnerability and the evidence (local, regional and global), BP.PD