Climate Change in Santos Brazil: Projections, Impacts and Adaptation Options

This book is the result of the project METROPOLE: An Integrated Framework to Analyse Local Decision Making and Adaptive Capacity to Large-Scale Environmental Change: Community Case Studies in Brazil, UK and the US, supported by the Belmont Forum-G8 Initiative Collaborative Research (Coastal Vulnerability, G8MUREFU3 2201-040).The Project METROPOLE was designed to address some important challenges of our time: on one hand, how to reduce the risks from climate change in coastal areas, in view of safeguarding life, assuring the safety of assets and the maintenance of rich ecosystems; and on the other hand, how to improve the interaction between scientists, decision makers and population for a common goal, to prevent alarming projections of sea level rise from being realized.

This book focuses on the basis of the project which is anchored in the recognition of the importance of both dialogue and action on climate change involving different actors. Therefore, the participation of decision-makers, the population and representatives of civil and private organizations are key-elements in ensuring measures that might slow down, minimise or even restrict the perverse effects of climate change.

Contenu
Chapter 1: The METROPOLE Project: An Integrated Framework to Analyse Local Decision Making and Adaptive Capacity to Large-Scale Environmental Change: Decision making and adaptation to sea level rise in Santos, Brazil(Marengo).- Chapter 2: Patterns of evolution of frontal systems along the South-Southeastern Brazilian Coast(Harari).- Chapter 3: Patterns of extreme precipitation in Santos(Nunes).- Chapter 4: Projections of climate change in the coastal area of Santos(Chou).- Chapter 5: Projection and uncertainties of Sea level trends in Baixada Santista(Harari).- Chapter 6: Long Term Analysis of Meteorological-Oceanographic Extreme Events for the Baixada Santista Region(Souza).- Chapter 7: First approach of a storm surge early warning system for Santos region(Braga).- Chapter 8: Rainfall episodes and local stability thresholds in Santos(Santos).- Chapter 9: Land use change dynamics in the Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista MRBS (SP): between development and environmental impacts(Oscar Júnior).- Chapter 10: Emerging impacts of climate change on human-health in Santos municipality in the context of São Paulo State(Aragão).- Chgapter 11: Land Reclamation Effects on Santos Estuary Inlet Stability(Corrêa).- Chapter 12: Vulnerability of critical infrastructure under climate change scenarios - the case of Santos(Zanetti).- Chapter 13: Climate Change and adaptive capacity in the city of Santos(Moreira).- Chapter 14: Population matters: listening to past experiences and future aspirations regarding risks and adaptation actions(Greco).- Chapter 15: Adapting to a changing climate: an operational space for local adaptation committee in Santos coastal area(Freitas)