Abstract:<p>Global crises such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic do not affect cities uniformly. These crises converge in urban areas and often interact through their primary and secondary impacts with the vulnerability of urban populations. This paper investigates urban development dynamics and socio-environmental vulnerability in a megalopolis in the Global South, S&#227;o Paulo (Brasil). Our goal is to assess the connections between urbanisation and risk exposure, a gap in vulnerabili… Show more
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