Socio-climatic hotspots in Brazil: how do changes driven by the new set of IPCC climatic projections affect their relevance for policy?
This paper updates the SCVI (Socio-Climatic Vulnerability Index) maps developed by Torres
et al.(2012) for Brazil, by using the new Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5
(CMIP5) projections and more recent 2010 social indicators data. The updated maps differ
significantly from their earlier versions in two main ways. First, they show that heavily
populated metropolitan areas–namely Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, Manaus, Rio de
Janeiro and São Paulo–and a large swath of land across the states of São Paulo, Minas …
et al.(2012) for Brazil, by using the new Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5
(CMIP5) projections and more recent 2010 social indicators data. The updated maps differ
significantly from their earlier versions in two main ways. First, they show that heavily
populated metropolitan areas–namely Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, Manaus, Rio de
Janeiro and São Paulo–and a large swath of land across the states of São Paulo, Minas …
[引用][C] Socio-climatic hotspots in Brazil: how do changes driven by the new set of IPCC climatic projections affect their relevance for policy?
DM Lapolaauthor, RR Torresauthor, MC Lemosauthor - 2015