Abstract
Located in the Vitoria Metropolitan Region (Brazil), Vila Velha (VV) is the oldest site and the second largest municipality in Espírito Santo State. Having socioenvironmental problems related to impactful projects (ports, mining and oil industries, real estate) as a result of late development process, there are knowledge gaps related to the urbanization process of risk areas (such as slopes and floodplain areas), contributing to the construction of socioenvironmental vulnerable communities. Based on interviews conducted in 2015–2016 with people who have experienced the occupation process and the increase of geohydrological problems, this study aims at understanding their perceptions of the land use process and socioenvironmental risks as well as their adaptation strategies. These territories are under risk related to floods or mass movements (for instance those in December 2013 and January 2016) and also health problems, showing their weakness to weather extreme events; and dwellers compelled to adopt spontaneous adaptation strategies to face these problems. This study is part of an interdisciplinary research project titled as “Understanding socio-environmental vulnerability construction in modern urban contexts: The case of Vila Velha (ES)”, funded by the National Research Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and VV University.
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Permanent preservation areas are defined by the Forestry Code (Law No. 12.651, of 25th May 2012), and consist of protected areas “… with the environmental function of preserving water resources, the landscape, geological stability and biodiversity” (BRASIL 2012), including in the urban environment.
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The basis of a rich understanding of the senses of living environments and, by extension, the environment itself.
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Field log notes made during the lecture on the “Social Occupation research project”, given by technicians (Lívia Tulli and Thiago Guadalupe) on 17 May 2016, at Vila Velha University, ES.
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http://www.vilavelha.es.gov.br/midia/paginas/PLANO_CONTINGENCIA_2013-2015_21-10-13_assinado(1).pdf, accessed on 20 May 2016.
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The authors thank to the Scientific Initiation Scholarship students at the Centre for Socioenvironmental and Urban Studies: NEUS/UVV, Brazil, specially Tayná Mozine, FAPES: Espírito Santo State Research Foundation, CNPq: National Research Council for Scientific and Technological Development, FAPERJ: Rio de Janeiro State Research Foundation and UVV-ES: Vila Velha University.
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da Silva Rosa, T. et al. (2018). Peripheral Urban Territories, Disasters and Extreme Events: The Case of Morro Da Boa Vista (Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil). In: Leal Filho, W., Esteves de Freitas, L. (eds) Climate Change Adaptation in Latin America. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56946-8_16
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