CLIMATE CHANGE AND PRECARIOUS SETTLEMENTS IN BRAZIL
This seminar examines the socio-environmental and socio-climatic tensions that exacerbate housing precariousness in Brazilian informal settlements in the context of the climate crisis. It explores how overlapping urban vulnerabilities intensify risks, highlighting how social inequality renders low-income populations the most exposed to the extreme impacts of climate change.
Opening
Andrea Bocco (Politecnico di Torino) and Giancarlo Cotella (Politecnico di Torino)
Introduction
Angioletta Voghera (Politecnico di Torino)
Speaker
James Miyamoto (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Discussion
Camilo Amaral, Nicholas Beloso, Ombretta Caldarice and Benedetta Giudice (All discussants Politecnico di Torino)
Participation is open and no registration is required.
CONTACT: nicholas.beloso@polito.it
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