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0389/2017 - Socio-environmental vulnerability index: A methodological proposal using the case of rio de janeiro.
Índice de vulnerabilidade socioambiental: Uma proposta metodológica utilizando o caso do rio de janeiro.

Author:

• Fernanda Siqueira Malta - Malta, FS - <fernanda.malta@ibge.gov.br>

Co-author(s):

• Eduarda Marques da Costa - Costa, EM - <eduarda.costa@campus.ul.pt>
• Alessandra Magrini - Magrini, A - <ale@ppe.ufrj.br>


Abstract:

The term vulnerability has been used more frequently in several studies, in an attempt to better understand specificities and needs of different population groups. The aim of this study was to identify, characterize and analyze populations in situations of socio-environmental vulnerability in Rio de Janeiro city, consolidating social, economic, environmental, health and public security indicators in a synthesis index - the Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Index. The data sources used were the IBGE-2010 Demographic Census, the Geo-Rio Foundation and the Public Security Institute of the state of Rio de Janeiro. The methodology integrated Multicriteria Decision Analysis into a Geographic Information System. According to our results, the socio-environmental vulnerability in Rio de Janeiro city is aggravated by risk situations and environmental degradation. Those aspects are jeopardized by the population density in slum areas, the most disadvantaged strata lives in a process of environmental and urban exclusion. The study allows to locate spatially vulnerable areas, emphasizing the importance of these tools to guide resource allocation, formulation and implementation of more effective public policies.

Keywords:

Vulnerability Analysis, Vulnerable Populations, Geographic Information Systems, Decision Support Techniques

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Malta, FS, Costa, EM, Magrini, A. Socio-environmental vulnerability index: A methodological proposal using the case of rio de janeiro.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2017/Oct). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/socioenvironmental-vulnerability-index-a-methodological-proposal-using-the-case-of-rio-de-janeiro/16441



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