José Manuel Mendes
Biography
José Manuel Mendes holds a PhD in Sociology by the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra, where he is an Associate Professor with Aggregation. He is also researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, where he has been working in the fields of risk and social vulnerability, planning, public policies and citizenship. He is coordinator of the Risk Observatory (OSIRIS) of the Centre for Social Studies and is the Editor of Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais.
News
2020-01-03 Diário Insular
IPMA e Universidade de Lisboa querem reconstruir o sismo de 80
2020-01-01 Diário Insular
2020-01-01 Diário Insular
A herança social do sismo de 1980
Projetos
Risk AquaSoil
Atlantic Risk Management Plan in water and soil
FORLAND
Hydro-geomorphologic risk in Portugal: driving forces and application for land use planning
Latest Publications
Article in Scientific journal
Mendes, José Manuel; Tavares, Alexandre Oliveira; Santos, Pedro Pinto (2019), "Social vulnerability and local level assessments: a new approach for planning", International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 11, 1, 15-43
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Martins, A. Nuno; Mendes, José Manuel; Santos, Pedro Pinto (2019), "Guest editorial", International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 10, 4, 205-207
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Freitas, Francisco; Mendes, José Manuel (2019), "Disaster, reconstruction, and data for social good: the case of wildfires in Portugal", International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 10, 4, 239-247
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