Urban Flooding in Brazil

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    Urban Flooding in Brazil Editors: Elaiz Buffon, Ariadne Farias, Francisco Mendonca Format: Paperback / softback First Published: Published By: Springer International Publishing AG
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    Pages: 436 Illustrations and other contents: 194 Illustrations, color; 16 Illustrations, black and white; XVIII, 436 p. 210 illus., 194 illus. in color. Language: English ISBN: 9783031209000 Categories: ,

    This contributed volume analyzes flooding scenarios in Brazilian cities using a geographic and spatiotemporal approach to explore impacts and ways to mitigate future disasters. The problem of urban flooding is growing in Brazilian cities due to the increasing number of natural disasters in the context of global climate change; this is a topic that poses challenges to urban planners and academics. Through three sections, this volume offers theoretical-conceptual, methodological and technical case studies, as well as cases that explore urban socio-environmental problems associated with flooding. Throughout the book, the concepts of risk, vulnerability and adaptation are used to explore future flood scenarios in Brazil. The integrated vision offered in this volume covers the floods themselves, evaluation of flood impacts, and the management process before, during, and after the flood event. The case studies presented here elucidate the concept of comprehensive urban flood management, offering a technical and diagnostic basis for the problem in different cities in Brazil. The present and future challenges presented by these chapters offer widely-transferable lessons that can be applied to making cities around the world more sustainable and disaster-resilient.

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    Author Biography

    Francisco Mendonça. Doctor in Geography at São Paulo University (USP). Pos-doctor in Urban Climate (Université de Sorbonne/Paris, Université de Haute Bretagne/France and Universidad de Chile) and Climate and health (London School of Hygine and Tropical Medecine). Teacher at Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). He was president of ABClima (Brazilian Association of Climatology), AIC (International Association of Climatology) and member of CoC-UGI (Commission of Climatology – International Geographical Union). Member of Scientific Committee of CEMADEN – Brazilian Center for Prevention of Natural Disasters. Ariadne Farias. Doctor in Environment and Development from the Federal University of Paraná (PPGMade/UFPR), professor and researcher in the Postgraduate Program in Governance and Sustainability (PPGS/Professional Master's), at the Mercosur Institute of Administration and Economics (ISAE/Curitiba). She is a volunteer at theCivil Defense and Protection Coordination of the state of Paraná (CEPDEC/PR).  Elaiz Buffon. Doctor in Geography at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). From 2014 to 2020, she was a researcher at UFPR’S Climatology Laboratory (Laboclima). She is currently a post-doctoral researcher in the Urban Management program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR).