Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Joint Authors
Confalonieri, Ulisses E. C.
Quintão, Ana Flávia
Brito, Isabela
Oliveira, Frederico
Madureira, Ana Paula
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-03-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Vulnerability to climate change is a complex and dynamic phenomenon involving both social and physical/environmental aspects.
It is presented as a method for the quantification of the vulnerability of all municipalities of Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil.
It is based on the aggregation of different kinds of environmental, climatic, social, institutional, and epidemiological variables, to form a composite index.
This was named “Index of Human Vulnerability” and was calculated using a software (SisVuClima®) specifically developed for this purpose.
Social, environmental, and health data were combined with the climatic scenarios RCP 4.5 and 8.5, downscaled from ETA-HadGEM2-ES for each municipality.
The Index of Human Vulnerability associated with the RCP 8.5 has shown a higher vulnerability for municipalities in the southern and eastern parts of the state of Minas Gerais.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Quintão, Ana Flávia& Brito, Isabela& Oliveira, Frederico& Madureira, Ana Paula& Confalonieri, Ulisses E. C.. 2017. Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Quintão, Ana Flávia…[et al.]. Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Quintão, Ana Flávia& Brito, Isabela& Oliveira, Frederico& Madureira, Ana Paula& Confalonieri, Ulisses E. C.. Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1175543
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1175543
