Abstract
This chapter discusses two case studies of climate change management. One in Santos and the other a protected area in the Cardoso Island State Park (Enseada da Baleia), focusing on anticipatory adaptation, risk reduction, and resilience in one of the most significant Global South coastal zones. This chapter examines management approaches used in the two cases related to climate change impacts in São Paulo State (Brazil), seeking to strengthen the dialogue between science and policy. The coast of São Paulo has more than 600 km in 15 municipalities, with a total area of 7617 km2. With climate change and increasing extreme events, the region will suffer – and is already suffering – impacts on its territory.
On the other hand, in several studies, a considerable accumulation of knowledge and research concerning these regions’ impacts is already available. In this sense, this chapter analyzes how the knowledge produced has been adopted in public policies, plans, and regional projects. This research confirms the need for a local approach to deal with climate change adaptation concerning Brazil’s territory and realities’ heterogeneity.
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We are grateful for the collaboration of everyone who made this text possible, including those who have been dedicating themselves to issues related to the erosive process in the ICSP, especially to the entire ICSP team, in the person of its manager, Edison R. Nascimento; to the entire FF-SIMA team, in the persons of Mário J. N. Souza and Jeannette Geenen, and Rafael P. Costa for the making of figures; to Ângela Charity, for the English revision of this part of the manuscript; and the communities affected, especially the Enseada da Baleia/Nova Enseada, in the persons of Jorge A. Cardoso and his daughter Tatiana M. Cardoso. We also thank FAPESP – The São Paulo Research Foundation (Grant numbers 2015/03804-9, 2018/06685-9, and 2019/05644-0).
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Torres, P.H.C., de Gouveia Souza, C.R., Jacobi, P.R., Barbi, F., Pisciotta, K. (2021). Adaptation in São Paulo Coastal Zone: Climate Change Management and Anticipatory Governance. In: Luetz, J.M., Ayal, D. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57281-5_117
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