Mapping human vulnerability to climate change in the Brazilian Amazon: The construction of a municipal vulnerability index.
Vulnerability, understood as the propensity to be adversely affected, has attained importance in the context of climate change by helping to understand what makes populations and territories predisposed to its impacts. Conditions of vulnerability may vary depending on the characteristics of each ter...
Main Authors: | Júlia Alves Menezes, Ulisses Confalonieri, Ana Paula Madureira, Isabela de Brito Duval, Rhavena Barbosa Dos Santos, Carina Margonari |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5812563?pdf=render |
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