Vulnerability of Brazilian Megacities to Climate Change: The São Paulo Metropolitan Region

Autor: Carlos Afonso Nobre, Andrea Ferraz Young, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, José Antônio Marengo Orsini, Antonio Donato Nobre, Agostinho Tadashi Ogura, Osório Thomaz, Guillermo Oswaldo Obregón Párraga, Gustavo Costa M. da Silva, Maria Valverde, André Carvalho Silveira, Grasiela de Oliveira Rodrigues
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
Popis: A major concern of contemporary society in relation to future climate projections relates to possible changes in the frequencies and intensities of extreme weather events. Megacities such as São Paulo have numerous social and environmental problems associated with patterns of development and transformation of space, which have been aggravated by increases in temperature and intensification of extreme weather events. (?)
Databáze: OpenAIRE