Methodology for analyzing socio-environmental vulnerability applied to rural settlements

Abstract Studies on vulnerability that include both environmental and social aspects, are important tools to support decision-making in the face of socio-environmental problems. The Agrarian Reform settlements have a diversity of social characteristics in addition to being located in environmental s...

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Main Authors: Francielle Rodrigues de Oliveira, Roberto Avelino Cecílio, Sidney Sara Zanetti
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Language:English
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade (ANPPAS) 2025-07-01
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Roberto Avelino Cecílio
Sidney Sara Zanetti
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description Abstract Studies on vulnerability that include both environmental and social aspects, are important tools to support decision-making in the face of socio-environmental problems. The Agrarian Reform settlements have a diversity of social characteristics in addition to being located in environmental systems with specific limitations. Therefore, this research aimed to develop a method to identify the socio-environmental vulnerability of the settlements. The Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Index was created from environmental and social indicators. The SPI revealed severe to extreme droughts mainly between 2014 and 2016. Three settlements were classified with moderate IVS and six with high IVS. The settlements showed little variation in environmental vulnerability. The IVUSA ranged from moderate to high. Settlements with high socio-environmental vulnerability also showed high social vulnerability, while areas with moderate vulnerability exhibited lower indices of both social and environmental vulnerability.
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spelling doaj-art-20633da9f40f46e7bf8fc3d974c4b1cc2025-08-20T02:40:18ZengAssociação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade (ANPPAS)Ambiente & Sociedade1414-753X2025-07-012810.1590/1809-4422asoc01032vu28l2oaMethodology for analyzing socio-environmental vulnerability applied to rural settlementsFrancielle Rodrigues de Oliveirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7135-432XRoberto Avelino Cecíliohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2894-2481Sidney Sara Zanettihttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9135-3925Abstract Studies on vulnerability that include both environmental and social aspects, are important tools to support decision-making in the face of socio-environmental problems. The Agrarian Reform settlements have a diversity of social characteristics in addition to being located in environmental systems with specific limitations. Therefore, this research aimed to develop a method to identify the socio-environmental vulnerability of the settlements. The Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Index was created from environmental and social indicators. The SPI revealed severe to extreme droughts mainly between 2014 and 2016. Three settlements were classified with moderate IVS and six with high IVS. The settlements showed little variation in environmental vulnerability. The IVUSA ranged from moderate to high. Settlements with high socio-environmental vulnerability also showed high social vulnerability, while areas with moderate vulnerability exhibited lower indices of both social and environmental vulnerability.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-753X2025000100312&lng=en&tlng=enDroughtconflict over water usemulticriteria analysisriskpublic policies
spellingShingle Francielle Rodrigues de Oliveira
Roberto Avelino Cecílio
Sidney Sara Zanetti
Methodology for analyzing socio-environmental vulnerability applied to rural settlements
Ambiente & Sociedade
Drought
conflict over water use
multicriteria analysis
risk
public policies
title Methodology for analyzing socio-environmental vulnerability applied to rural settlements
title_full Methodology for analyzing socio-environmental vulnerability applied to rural settlements
title_fullStr Methodology for analyzing socio-environmental vulnerability applied to rural settlements
title_full_unstemmed Methodology for analyzing socio-environmental vulnerability applied to rural settlements
title_short Methodology for analyzing socio-environmental vulnerability applied to rural settlements
title_sort methodology for analyzing socio environmental vulnerability applied to rural settlements
topic Drought
conflict over water use
multicriteria analysis
risk
public policies
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