Health-related vulnerability to climate extremes in homoclimatic zones of Amazonia and Northeast region of Brazil

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dc.creatorLara de Melo Barbosa Andrade
dc.creatorGilvan Ramalho Guedes
dc.creatorKenya Valeria Micaela de Souza Noronha
dc.creatorCláudio Moisés Santos e Silva
dc.creatorJéferson Pereira Andrade
dc.creatorAlbert Smith Feitosa Suassuna Martins
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-31T21:33:05Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-08T22:57:02Z
dc.date.available2023-05-31T21:33:05Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259780
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1843/54264
dc.languagepor
dc.publisherUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
dc.relation.ispartofPLOS ONE
dc.rightsAcesso Aberto
dc.subjectBrasil - Clima
dc.subjectAmazonia
dc.subjectBrasil, Nordeste
dc.subject.otherAmazonia
dc.subject.otherNortheast region of Brazil
dc.subject.otherClimate extremes
dc.titleHealth-related vulnerability to climate extremes in homoclimatic zones of Amazonia and Northeast region of Brazil
dc.typeArtigo de periódico
local.citation.epage24
local.citation.issue11
local.citation.spage1
local.citation.volume16
local.description.resumoAmazonia and the Northeast region of Brazil exhibit the highest levels of climate vulnerability in the country. While Amazonia is characterized by an extremely hot and humid climate and hosts the world largest rainforest, the Northeast is home to sharp climatic contrasts, ranging from rainy areas along the coast to semiarid regions that are often affected by droughts. Both regions are subject to extremely high temperatures and are susceptible to many tropical diseases. This study develops a multidimensional Extreme Climate Vulnerability Index (ECVI) for Brazilian Amazonia and the Northeast region based on the Alkire-Foster method. Vulnerability is defined by three components, encompassing exposure (proxied by seven climate extreme indicators), susceptibility (proxied by sociodemographic indicators), and adaptive capacity (proxied by sanitation conditions, urbanization rate, and healthcare provision). In addition to the estimated vulnerability levels and intensity, we break down the ECVI by indicators, dimensions, and regions, in order to explore how the incidence levels of climate-sensitive infectious and parasitic diseases correlate with regional vulnerability. We use the Grade of Membership method to reclassify the mesoregions into homoclimatic zones based on extreme climatic events, so climate and population/health data can be analyzed at comparable resolutions. We find two homoclimatic zones: Extreme Rain (ER) and Extreme Drought and High Temperature (EDHT). Vulnerability is higher in the ED-HT areas than in the ER. The contribution of each dimension to overall vulnerability levels varies by homoclimatic zone. In the ER zone, adaptive capacity (39%) prevails as the main driver of vulnerability among the three dimensions, in contrast with the approximately even dimensional contribution in the ED-HT. When we compare areas by disease incidence levels, exposure emerges as the most influential dimension. Our results suggest that climate can exacerbate existing infrastructure deficiencies and socioeconomic conditions that are correlated with tropical disease incidence in impoverished areas.
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8019-9480
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8231-238X
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7174-6710
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2251-7348
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9157-5990
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0333-3997
local.publisher.countryBrasil
local.publisher.departmentFCE - DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS ECONÔMICAS
local.publisher.departmentFCE - DEPARTAMENTO DE DEMOGRAFIA
local.publisher.initialsUFMG
local.url.externahttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0259780

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