A5057822124- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Geography and Environmental Studies
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Landslides and related hazards
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
- Environmental Sustainability and Education
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Regional resilience and development
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Risk Perception and Management
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
University of Coimbra
2015-2024
Terra
2015-2020
San Antonio College
2008-2016
Centro de Estudos Sociais
2011-2015
Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental
2011
Centro de Investigación Docencia y Consultoria Administrativa
2011
Secretaria de Estado de Segurança Pública
2011
Williams (United States)
2011
European Commission
2008
In this work, it is argued that effective protection of geological objects displaying heritage value requires the local community’s involvement in all geoconservation actions, i.e., inventory, evaluation, conservation, valuation and monitoring procedures, not only at final part process, when expected from communities physical integrity such guaranteed. Community geoheritage inventory evaluation procedures can be appraised by using a classification system integrates both properties displayed...
Coastal ecosystems are exposed to unprecedented levels of human pressure and the cumulative effects climate change. Altogether, these threats have been exposing coastal areas augmented hazardous processes, leaving communities highly vulnerable risks challenging management paradigm. Disregarding public perceptions risk may be myopic and, thus, an obstacle success efforts towards risks' mitigation adaptation. Therefore, this study aims at comprehensively ascertain perception preferences for...
Droughts have become a critical high-impact hydro-meteorological disaster and are projected to more extreme in the near future. The Iberian Peninsula is unarguably considered pronounced hot spot for drought. Worrisome projections drought risk come emphasize urgency of building drought-resilient societies, through integrated management processes that bring together all societal spheres, including lay citizens. However, citizens remain disengaged from climate adaptation processes. Therefore,...
Continental Portugal presents an extensive and diversified coastal zone which concentrates the main public private infrastructures of different economic sectors, as well critical infrastructures. This area is also characterized by a high population density, being differentiated territory in geophysical, biological landscape terms. The wave regime highly energetic, storms are frequent. In last decades, coast continental has been affected numerous times overtopping flooding processes....
Abstract Social vulnerability, as one of the risk components, partially explains magnitude impacts observed after a disaster. In this study, spatiotemporally comparable assessment social vulnerability and its drivers was conducted in Portugal, at civil parish level, for three census frames. The first challenging step consisted selection meaningful consistent variables over time. Data were normalized using Adjusted Mazziotta-Pareto Index (AMPI) to obtain adimensional-normalized values. A...
Engaging citizens and communities is considered a central element good practice in coastal management. However, individuals still demonstrate general disengagement with risks. To understand the factors that underlie citizens' engagement risks processes to implement evidence-based strategies aimed at enhancing public participation management, pivotal success of adaptation. Therefore, this study sought develop validate an assessment tool aiming measuring individuals' adaptation their...
AbstractThis paper describes a risk governance model applied on local scale, showing the advantages and constraints found during its application. The model, built municipal results from application of International Risk Governance Council framework. is characterised by cyclicity between assessment management spheres, assuming communication to be essential in all stages. Its central Portugal rooted specific knowledge hazards their impacts, human financial constraints, expectations citizens...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a new index social vulnerability (SV), based on local level data [statistical blocks (SBs)]. This same methodology was applied before at the municipal level, which analysis that under-evaluates spots high SV, by one side, and generalizes coverage support capacity equipment infrastructure. geographical detail input allows overcome those limitations better inform infra-municipal risk practitioners planners. Design/methodology/approach assessment...
The objective of this study is to evaluate the spatial and temporal dynamics land use in city Leiria, which located central Portugal, its relation planning framework. analysis based on land-use change recognition period 1958–2011, calculation stability grade indicator, losses gains between classes, rate artificialization. results show an increase artificial areas, namely continuous discontinuous urban fabric, contrasting with a decrease agricultural giving origin peri-urbanization...
Abstract The objective of the present study is to evaluate relation between spatial and temporal dynamics Land Use Cover (LULC) hydro-geomorphological processes their impacts. area city Leiria, in central Portugal, within period 1958–2018 based on historical record floods landslides disasters. LULC analysis shows an accentuated increase artificial areas a continuous decrease agricultural areas. With regard hydro-geomorphologic disaster occurrences, total 124 occurrences were identified,...