Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil
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...
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doaj-d1fc81f3a4164c00b0b7cf183439f9852020-11-24T21:20:11ZengHindawi LimitedJournal of Environmental and Public Health1687-98051687-98132017-01-01201710.1155/2017/28213432821343Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, BrazilAna Flávia Quintão0Isabela Brito1Frederico Oliveira2Ana Paula Madureira3Ulisses Confalonieri4Escola de Saúde Pública do Estado de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilCentro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilInstituto Militar de Engenharia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São João del Rey, São João del Rey, MG, BrazilCentro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilVulnerability 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2821343 |
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Ana Flávia Quintão Isabela Brito Frederico Oliveira Ana Paula Madureira Ulisses Confalonieri Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil Journal of Environmental and Public Health |
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Ana Flávia Quintão Isabela Brito Frederico Oliveira Ana Paula Madureira Ulisses Confalonieri |
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Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Social, Environmental, and Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of the Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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social, environmental, and health vulnerability to climate change: the case of the municipalities of minas gerais, brazil |
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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. |
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