| Author | Rosa, Teresa da Silva | |
| Author | Bonatti, Michelle | |
| Author | Vanini, Andrea | |
| Author | Zuffo, Catia | |
| Access date | 2017-06-23T14:05:07Z | |
| Available date | 2017-06-23T14:05:07Z | |
| Document date | 2014 | |
| Citation | ROSA, Teresa da Silva; BONATTI, Michelle; VANINI, Andrea; ZUFFO, Catia. Vulnerability and climate change perceptions: a case study in brazilian biomes. Environment and Pollution, v. 3, n. 1, p. 82-96, 2014. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 1927-0909 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/19497 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Elsevier | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Mudança Climática | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Organização Social | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Vulnerabilidade | pt_BR |
| Title | Vulnerability and climate change perceptions: a case study in brazilian biomes | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | pt_BR |
| Abstract | Based on the assumption that vulnerability is socially constructed, and may thus change according to
transformations in human action, it appears necessary to consider the issue at the core of studies on the social
aspects of Climate Change (CC), risk level and disaster prevention. The social nature of vulnerability is
determined by elements such as poverty, inequality, exclusion and access to sanitation, water, food and
education among other factors.
In 2010, a study was undertaken in the ambit of the project “Climate Change, Social Inequalities and Vulnerable
Populations” about the perception of and an assessment of vulnerability. Information was gathered through
interviews using structured questionnaires administered in communities in three Brazilian biomes: the Atlantic
Forest, the Amazon and the Semi-Arid and Cerrado region. This paper discusses the result of three case studies:
one in Rondonia in the Amazon, and two in the Atlantic Forest biome, one in Rio de Janeiro and another in Santa
Catarina.
Two points in common among the communities should be highlighted. (1) None of the communities have plans
or actions to adapt to natural climate variability, much less to CC. This makes the communities more vulnerable
and unprepared to act with protective or reactive preventive measures. (2) Thus, it is important to develop a plan
with actions that address the situation of “organized irresponsibility”, understood as a network of mechanisms
that treat environmental problems as normal, or regard them as being of governmental responsibility alone. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Vila Velha University. Center of Socioenvironmental and Urban Studies. Vila Velha, ES, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | University Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Altantic Forest Campus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Federal University at Rondônia, Porto Velho, RO, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Climate Change | pt_BR |
| Subject | Social Organization | pt_BR |
| Subject | Vulnerability | pt_BR |
| e-ISSN | 19270917 | |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 01 Erradicação da pobreza | |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 13 Ação contra a mudança global do clima | |
