Cities in climate crisis: planning and resilience in vulnerable territories

Angélica Benatti Alvim and Ruth Maria da Costa Athaíde

The session invites papers that critically analyze how urban, territorial and housing planning instruments have (or have not) contributed to addressing the challenges of the climate crisis in vulnerable territories. We are interested in exploring the articulation — or lack thereof — between master plans, housing policies and adaptation strategies, especially in contexts marked by socio-spatial inequalities, occupations in environmentally sensitive areas and lack of infrastructure. We start from the recognition that these territories are the most exposed to the impacts of extreme events and, at the same time, the least covered by effective public policies.

Based on the concept of urban resilience — understood as the capacity for adaptation, transformation, and reorganization in the face of ongoing crises — we seek contributions that question the limits of traditional planning and propose integrated, fair, and transformative alternatives. Experiences and analyses that articulate the right to housing, climate justice, and territorial restructuring will be valued, expanding the scope of public policies beyond risk mitigation.

Presentations:

Risks of risk measurement
Renata Maria Pinto Moreira

Geotechnical maps of risk susceptibility and urbanization suitability as tools for disaster risk prevention and management in the context of climate change
Nicole Pavaneli Oomura and Edson Quirino dos Santos

The master plan for territorial ordering and urban design as a motivator of communal visions, projects and specific financing. The case of the GEF Humedales Costeros Rocuant-Andalién pilot
Nelly Paulina

Urban policy and climate crisis in Fortaleza: a look at precarious settlements on riverbanks
José Almir Farias and Mariana Araújo de Oliveira

Risks and vulnerabilities associated with climate emergencies. Impacts and waterborne diseases
James Miyamoto

Free

Registration

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Registration will be open until the start of the activity, on site, as long as there are spaces available.

And opening our Debate Forum, tomorrow (19/09) we will have:

1:30 pm – debate between China and Brazil at China architecture exhibition day

6:00 pm – opening conference with Kongjian Yu (China), creator of the concept of Sponge cities

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