Tavares, Alexandre Oliveira
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Tavares, Alexandre Oliveira
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Tavares, Alexandre
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Tavares, Alexandre O.
Tavares, A.
Tavares, O. A.
Tavares, A.
Tavares, O. A.
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Biography
Alexandre Oliveira Tavares holds a PhD in Geological Engineering, with specialization in Environment and Spatial Planning in Geology, from the University of Coimbra where he is an Associate Professor with Habilitation. He has been working on the theme of risks, namely in the representation of susceptibility and vulnerability, as well as in risk planning and management. Other areas of intervention are land use planning, land use transformation processes, resource assessment and management, as well as geological / geotechnical cartography. He is a researcher at the Center for Social Studies, where he is part of the Risk Observatory-OSIRIS. Professor of the interdisciplinary master's degree in Social Dynamics, Natural and Technological Risks and in the inter-university Doctoral Program in Territory, Risk and Public Policies. Member of the Scientific Panel of the National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change ENAAC 2020. Member of the National Platform for Disaster Reduction. Since 2019 Executive President of the Public Company Águas do Centro Litoral. Author of 52 indexed publications (magazines and book chapters), and 40 other publications (magazines and book chapters), as well as 60 articles or extended abstracts in conference proceedings. Author of 5 academic publications and 30 scientific, technical or other publications. Participation in scientific research projects such as: MOSAIC.PT (PTDC / CTA-AMB / 28909/2017), Multi-source flood risk analysis for safe coastal communities and sustainable development; INTERREG Atlantic Area Program Project called Risk-AquaSoil Atlantic Risk Management Plan in water and soil; FCT FORLAND PTDC / ATP-GEO / 1660/2014 Project Hydro-geomorphological risks in Portugal: enforcers and applications to spatial planning; FCT MOLINES Project (PTDC / AAG-MAA / 2811/2012) Modeling floods in estuaries. From the hazard to the critical management; FCT Project (PTDC / CS-GEO / 118992/2010) TsuRIMA TSUnami RIsk MAnagement for spatial planning and civil protection; FCT Project [PTDC / CS-GEO / 103231/2008] DISASTER - Natural disasters of hydro-geomorphological origin in Portugal: GIS database to support decision making in spatial planning and emergency planning; FCT Project [PTDC / CS-ECS / 102041/2008] SCRAM - Crisis, risk management and new socio-ecological arrangements for forests: a perspective of studies on science and technology; FCT Project [PTDC / SDE / 72111/2006] Risk, Social Vulnerability and Planning Strategies: an integrated approach. Participation in several knowledge transfer projects, with the Central Regional and Municipal Administration, Supervisor of 5 doctoral theses, of 52 completed master's dissertations. Participation in 31 doctoral jury and 66 thesis or master's project jury, while not a supervisor.
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1 | 16-Aug-2022 | Enhancing a Coastal Territorial Vulnerability Index: Anticipating the Impacts of Coastal Flooding with a Local Scale Approach | Barros, José Leandro; Tavares, Alexandre Oliveira ; Santos, Pedro Pinto ; Freire, Paula | article | openAccess |
2 | 28-Nov-2022 | A Novel Approach to Measuring Spatiotemporal Changes in Social Vulnerability at the Local Level in Portugal | Santos, Pedro Pinto ; Zêzere, José Luís; Pereira, Susana; Rocha, Jorge; Tavares, Alexandre Oliveira | article | openAccess |
3 | Jul-2022 | Social engagement in coastal adaptation processes: Development and validation of the CoastADAPT scale | Areia, Neide P. ; Costa, Pedro J. M. ; Tavares, Alexandre O. | article | openAccess |