Alexandre Oliveira Tavares
Biographic Data
| ID | 1504401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandre Oliveira Tavares |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandre Oliveira |
| FAMILY NAME | Tavares |
| SIGNATURE | TAVARES A O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Coimbra |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1621-6183 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Drivers and barriers of public support for environmental policy
Socio-psychological factors explaining public engagement and support for drought disaster risk management
Droughts have become a critical high-impact hydro-meteorological disaster and are projected to become more extreme in the near future. The Iberian Peninsula is unarguably considered a pronounced hot spot for drought. Worrisome projections for drought risk come to emphasize the urgency of building drought-resilient societies, through integrated risk management processes that bring together all societal spheres, including lay citizens. However, cit…
The complexity of the coastal zone
The Rural Fires of 2017 and Their Influences on Water Quality
As water is facing increasing pressures from population and economic growth and climate change, it becomes imperative to promote the protection, restoration and management of this resource and its watersheds. Since water quality depends on multiple factors both natural and anthropic, it is not easy to establish their influences. After the October 2017 fires that affected almost 30% of the Mondego hydrographic basin in Central Portugal, 10 catchme…
Social engagement in coastal adaptation processes
A coastal flooding database from 1980 to 2018 for the continental Portuguese coastal zone
Continental Portugal presents an extensive and diversified coastal zone which concentrates the main public and private infrastructures of the different economic sectors, as well as the main critical infrastructures. This area is also characterized by a high population density, being a differentiated territory in geophysical, biological and landscape terms. The wave regime is highly energetic, and storms are frequent. In the last decades, the coas…
Environment Actors Confronting a Post Climate-Related Disaster Scenario
(1) A climate change awareness-action gap still prevails in our society, with individuals showing significant social inertia regarding environmental issues. The communication on climate change is pointed out as one of the causes of the social inertia; (2) Following an action-oriented transformation research, the main goal of this study was to ascertain the feasibility of an action-based communication intervention, based on the participants' expos…
The benefits of a link-based assessment of health services accessibility
Flooding hazard in the Tagus estuarine area
Understanding road network dynamics
Risk analysis for local management from hydro-geomorphologic disaster databases
Re-scaling risk governance using local appraisal and community involvement
This paper describes a risk governance model applied on a local scale, showing the advantages and constraints found during its application. The risk governance model, built on a municipal scale, results from the application of the International Risk Governance Council framework. The model is characterised by the cyclicity between the assessment and management spheres, assuming communication to be essential in all stages. Its application in centra…
Associations between lithology and land-use in a wine production region (Bairrada region, Portugal)
In this work, we analyze the spatial relationships between land-use and lithology in the wine production region of Bairrada (Portugal) and present a new lithological map (1:50,000) created for the region, highlighting the associations with specific types of land-use. The study was focused on the area of Bairrada that establishes the appellation DOC-VQPRD wines. The region shows a heterogeneous lithology and land-use and it is found that these two…
A vulnerabilidade social aos perigos naturais e tecnológicos em Portugal
Neste artigo apresenta‐se um novo modelo de análise da vulnerabilidade social aos perigos naturais e tecnológicos. O índice utilizado nesta análise permite a estruturação da avaliação da vulnerabilidade em duas dimensões: as vulnerabilidades das populações e comunidades (criticidade) e a vulnerabilidade territorial (capacidade de suporte), os quais reflectem a exposição ou a vulnerabilidade biofísica, a resiliência social e a capacidade de suport…
Risco, vulnerabilidade social e cidadania
A problemática do risco e da vulnerabilidade social vem assumindo uma visibilidade crescente na definição de políticas públicas de planeamento e gestão territorial, assim como nos debates de cariz mais teórico sobre a preparação e a capacidade de recuperação das populações perante acontecimentos extremos, desastres ou catástrofes. Tal tendência deriva directamente da definição de referenciais de âmbito internacional, como o Quadro de Acção de Hyo…
Percepção dos riscos naturais e tecnológicos, confiança institucional e preparação para situações de emergência
O artigo avalia a percepção dos riscos em Portugal continental e o grau de confiança institucional, utilizando como recurso metodológico um inquérito nacional a uma amostra representativa dos cidadãos portugueses maiores de idade. A análise tem por base duas escalas: uma mais proximal dos inquiridos, caracterizando o concelho de residência, e outra mais distal caracterizando o espaço nacional. Os dados apresentam valores de percepção dos riscos g…
Re-scaling risk governance using local appraisal and community involvement
This paper describes a risk governance model applied on a local scale, showing the advantages and constraints found during its application. The risk governance model, built on a municipal scale, results from the application of the International Risk Governance Council framework. The model is characterised by the cyclicity between the assessment and management spheres, assuming communication to be essential in all stages. Its application in centra…
Understanding road network dynamics
Risco, vulnerabilidade social e cidadania
A problemática do risco e da vulnerabilidade social vem assumindo uma visibilidade crescente na definição de políticas públicas de planeamento e gestão territorial, assim como nos debates de cariz mais teórico sobre a preparação e a capacidade de recuperação das populações perante acontecimentos extremos, desastres ou catástrofes. Tal tendência deriva directamente da definição de referenciais de âmbito internacional, como o Quadro de Acção de Hyo…
Social engagement in coastal adaptation processes
A vulnerabilidade social aos perigos naturais e tecnológicos em Portugal
Neste artigo apresenta‐se um novo modelo de análise da vulnerabilidade social aos perigos naturais e tecnológicos. O índice utilizado nesta análise permite a estruturação da avaliação da vulnerabilidade em duas dimensões: as vulnerabilidades das populações e comunidades (criticidade) e a vulnerabilidade territorial (capacidade de suporte), os quais reflectem a exposição ou a vulnerabilidade biofísica, a resiliência social e a capacidade de suport…
A vulnerabilidade social aos perigos naturais e tecnológicos em Portugal
Neste artigo apresenta‐se um novo modelo de análise da vulnerabilidade social aos perigos naturais e tecnológicos. O índice utilizado nesta análise permite a estruturação da avaliação da vulnerabilidade em duas dimensões: as vulnerabilidades das populações e comunidades (criticidade) e a vulnerabilidade territorial (capacidade de suporte), os quais reflectem a exposição ou a vulnerabilidade biofísica, a resiliência social e a capacidade de suport…
Risco, vulnerabilidade social e cidadania
A problemática do risco e da vulnerabilidade social vem assumindo uma visibilidade crescente na definição de políticas públicas de planeamento e gestão territorial, assim como nos debates de cariz mais teórico sobre a preparação e a capacidade de recuperação das populações perante acontecimentos extremos, desastres ou catástrofes. Tal tendência deriva directamente da definição de referenciais de âmbito internacional, como o Quadro de Acção de Hyo…
Percepção dos riscos naturais e tecnológicos, confiança institucional e preparação para situações de emergência
O artigo avalia a percepção dos riscos em Portugal continental e o grau de confiança institucional, utilizando como recurso metodológico um inquérito nacional a uma amostra representativa dos cidadãos portugueses maiores de idade. A análise tem por base duas escalas: uma mais proximal dos inquiridos, caracterizando o concelho de residência, e outra mais distal caracterizando o espaço nacional. Os dados apresentam valores de percepção dos riscos g…
Associations between lithology and land-use in a wine production region (Bairrada region, Portugal)
In this work, we analyze the spatial relationships between land-use and lithology in the wine production region of Bairrada (Portugal) and present a new lithological map (1:50,000) created for the region, highlighting the associations with specific types of land-use. The study was focused on the area of Bairrada that establishes the appellation DOC-VQPRD wines. The region shows a heterogeneous lithology and land-use and it is found that these two…
Re-scaling risk governance using local appraisal and community involvement
This paper describes a risk governance model applied on a local scale, showing the advantages and constraints found during its application. The risk governance model, built on a municipal scale, results from the application of the International Risk Governance Council framework. The model is characterised by the cyclicity between the assessment and management spheres, assuming communication to be essential in all stages. Its application in centra…
Risk analysis for local management from hydro-geomorphologic disaster databases
Flooding hazard in the Tagus estuarine area
Understanding road network dynamics
The benefits of a link-based assessment of health services accessibility
A coastal flooding database from 1980 to 2018 for the continental Portuguese coastal zone
Continental Portugal presents an extensive and diversified coastal zone which concentrates the main public and private infrastructures of the different economic sectors, as well as the main critical infrastructures. This area is also characterized by a high population density, being a differentiated territory in geophysical, biological and landscape terms. The wave regime is highly energetic, and storms are frequent. In the last decades, the coas…
Environment Actors Confronting a Post Climate-Related Disaster Scenario
(1) A climate change awareness-action gap still prevails in our society, with individuals showing significant social inertia regarding environmental issues. The communication on climate change is pointed out as one of the causes of the social inertia; (2) Following an action-oriented transformation research, the main goal of this study was to ascertain the feasibility of an action-based communication intervention, based on the participants' expos…
The Rural Fires of 2017 and Their Influences on Water Quality
As water is facing increasing pressures from population and economic growth and climate change, it becomes imperative to promote the protection, restoration and management of this resource and its watersheds. Since water quality depends on multiple factors both natural and anthropic, it is not easy to establish their influences. After the October 2017 fires that affected almost 30% of the Mondego hydrographic basin in Central Portugal, 10 catchme…
Social engagement in coastal adaptation processes
The complexity of the coastal zone
Socio-psychological factors explaining public engagement and support for drought disaster risk management
Droughts have become a critical high-impact hydro-meteorological disaster and are projected to become more extreme in the near future. The Iberian Peninsula is unarguably considered a pronounced hot spot for drought. Worrisome projections for drought risk come to emphasize the urgency of building drought-resilient societies, through integrated risk management processes that bring together all societal spheres, including lay citizens. However, cit…
Drivers and barriers of public support for environmental policy
Geography (10 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (7 works) · Environmental planning (7 works) · Environmental Science (7 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Environmental resource management (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Climate change (4 works)