Pedro Pinto Santos
Biography
PhD in Territory, Risk and Public Policies from the Universities of Aveiro, Coimbra and Lisbon, Master of Geosciences at the University of Coimbra and a degree in Physical Geography from the University of Lisbon. From 2011 to 2016 he was Junior Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES-UC) in the projects "Intermunicipal Risk Management Plan for the Coimbra Region", "MOLINES - Modelling floods in estuaries. From the hazard to the critical management" and "Disaster - GIS database on hydro-geomorphologic in Portugal: a tool for environmental management and emergency planning". Currently, he is a researcher in the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon (IGOT-ULisboa) in the project "FORLAND - Disastrous floods and landslides in Portugal: driving forces and applications for land use planning". His research interests focus on resilience, risk assessment and risk management, with particular interest in flood risk.
Projetos
BeSafeSlide
MOSAIC.pt
FORLAND
Hydro-geomorphologic risk in Portugal: driving forces and application for land use planning
Latest Publications
Book Chapter
Tavares, Alexandre Oliveira; Barros, José Leandro; Santos, Pedro Pinto; Mendes, José Manuel (2018), A new approach for social vulnerability in mainland Portugal área for risk mitigation, in Haugen, S.; Barros, A.; Gulijk, C. v.; Kongsvik, T.; Vinnem, J (org.), Safety & Reliability. Safe Societies in a Changing World. London: Taylor & Francis, 1719-1726
Article in Scientific journal
Barros, José; Tavares, Alexandre; Monteiro, Mário; Santos, Pedro (2018), "Peri-Urbanization and Rurbanization in Leiria City: the Importance of a Planning Framework", Sustainability, 10, 7, 2501
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Tavares, A. O.; Barros, J. L.; Mendes, J. M.; Santos, P.P.; Pereira, S. (2018), "Decennial comparison of changes in social vulnerability: a municipal analysis in support of risk management", International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 31, 679-690
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