Políticas públicas, valorização da terra e metropolização: RMBH e o vetor industrial de expansão

Lages, Sofia Santos

doi:10.1590/2236-9996.2020-4709

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“…Therefore, we interpret the impacts of this event as a socially constructed climatic disaster. Previous studies showed that the urban planning model implemented in this region, focusing solely on economic interests and leading to social exclusion and socioenvironmental vulnerability, were distinctive characteristics of the historical urban expansion of the Metropolitan Area of Belo Horizonte (Lages, 2020). While direct and immediate action on climate change requires international cooperation, it is still possible to minimize the scale of the impacts of similar events by improving city planning and through increasing public disaster prevention policies, focusing not only on improving an observational network for early warning system (e.g., the soil moisture network implanted and monitored by CEMADEN in risk areas) but also strengthening risk governance by organizing the role and responsibility of each institution that makes up this system.…”

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Extreme rainfall and its impacts in the Brazilian Minas Gerais state in January 2020: Can we blame climate change?

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In January 2020, an extreme precipitation event occurred over southeast Brazil, with the epicentre in Minas Gerais state. Although extreme rainfall frequently occurs in this region during the wet season, this event led to the death of 56 people, drove thousands of residents into homelessness, and incurred millions of Brazilian Reais (BRL) in financial loss through the cascading effects of flooding and landslides. The main question that arises is: To what extent can we blame climate change? With this question in mind, our aim was to assess the socioeconomic impacts of this event and whether and how much of it can be attributed to human-induced climate change. Our findings suggest that human-induced climate change made this event >70% more likely to occur. We estimate that >90,000 people became temporarily homeless, and at least BRL 1.3 billion (USD 240 million) was lost in public and private sectors, of which 41% can be attributed to human-induced climate change. This assessment brings new insights about the necessity and urgency of taking action on climate change, because it is already effectively impacting our society in the southeast Brazil region. Despite its dreadful impacts on society, an event with this magnitude was assessed to be quite common (return period of ∼4 years). This calls for immediate improvements on strategic planning focused on mitigation and adaptation.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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confidence: 93%