Alexandre Oliveira Tavares


Biography

Alexandre Oliveira Tavares holds a PhD. in Geological Engineering from Coimbra University, in the specialization of Environmental Geology and Land Use Planning He is an associate professor with Agregation in the School of Sciences and Technology. He is a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, where he has been working in Risk Analysis and Management, Landscape Evolution and Land Use Planning, with focus on susceptibility mapping, natural resources management and public policies. He is a researcher of the Observatory of Risk (OSIRIS) of the Centre for Social Studies. Teacher in the interfaculty Mater in Social Dynamics, Natural and Technological Risks course and in the PhD interuniversity course in Territory, Risk and Public Policies. Head of the Earth Sciences Deparment of the FCTUC, 2015-2019. Member of the Scientific Panel of the National Strategy for Adapting to Climate Change ENAAC. Member of the National Platform for Disaster Reduction. Since 2019 Executive President of the Public Centro Litoral Water Company.


Latest Publications

Article in Scientific journal

Barros, José Leandro; Santos, Pedro Pinto; Tavares, Alexandre Oliveira; Freire, Paula; Fortunato, André Bustorff; Rilo, Ana; Oliveira, Filipa S.B.F. (2023), "The complexity of the coastal zone: Definition of typologies in Portugal as a contribution to coastal disaster risk reduction and management", International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 86, 103556

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Article in Scientific journal

Santos, Pedro Pinto; Zêzere, José Luís; Pereira, Susana; Rocha, Jorge; Tavares, Alexandre Oliveira (2022), "A Novel Approach to Measuring Spatiotemporal Changes in Social Vulnerability at the Local Level in Portugal", International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 13, 6, 842-861

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Article in Scientific journal

Rodrigues Rilo, Ana; de Oliveira Soares Tavares, Alexandre Manuel; dos Santos Freire, Paula Maria; Zêzere, José Luis (2022), "Dealing with Multisource Information for Estuarine Flood Risk Appraisal in Two Western European Coastal Areas", International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 13, 2, 199-213

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