Analysis of the Brazilian assessment methodologies of socio-environmental vulnerability as a result of urban problems in Brazil

The article intends to reflect on and analyze the main methodologies to assess socio-environmental vulnerability that have been proposed and applied to specific contexts in Brazil, through a comparative theoretical essay using a set of assessment criteria extracted from the variables existing in the diverse surveyed models. The results show that the models have contributed to the advancement of socio-environmental vulnerability studies in Brazil; in addition, they have enabled an accurate diagnosis of the factors that contribute to intensify and mitigate the phenomenon. However, given the dynamics and complex nature of the urbanization process and its implications, it is necessary to constantly adapt the established methodologies, as well as to create new methodologies that are able to translate faithfully the dynamics and complexity of urbanization, particularly for poor communities.

本文采用比较性理论研究范式，依托从各类调研模型的既有变量中提取的一套评估标准，对巴西特定应用场景下已提出并落地的社会环境脆弱性（socio-environmental vulnerability）评估主流方法论展开反思与剖析。研究结果显示，此类模型不仅推动了巴西社会环境脆弱性研究的进步，还能够精准诊断出加剧与缓解该现象的各类驱动因素。然而，鉴于城市化进程及其衍生影响兼具动态性与复杂性，有必要持续对既有方法论进行适配优化，同时研发能够精准反映城市化动态性与复杂性的新型方法论，尤其面向贫困社区。