PROSUR Workshop on Human Dimensions of Floods in Mercosur

A 2001 workshop in Buenos Aires convened over fifty participants from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the USA. Organized by scientists Silvina Solman and Matilde Rusticucci under the PROSUR network, it focused on socio-economic vulnerability to climate variability. The metadata describes the event's context and includes a list of participants and related documents.

Use Cases

• Analyzing participant affiliations and disciplines from the participant list to map regional expertise networks.
• Studying workshop themes and discussions documented in the proceedings for historical research on climate vulnerability frameworks.
• Identifying key scientists and institutions involved in early 2000s climate change research in the Mercosur region.

Strengths

• Over fifty participants from five countries, providing a multinational perspective.
• Explicit documentation of organizing committee and collaborating scientists.
• Specific temporal context with a documented workshop date in February 2001.

Limitations

• Unknown data volume, row count, and specific file formats for the primary documents.
• Data is over 20 years old, reflecting historical perspectives rather than current conditions.
• Content scope is limited to a single workshop event and its associated documents.

Provenance

Source

PROSUR (Development of a Collaborative Research Network for the Study of Regional Climate Variability and Changes, their Prediction and Impacts in the MERCOSUR Area, CRN 055), supported by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI).

Collection Method

Workshop proceedings and participant list generated from an organized interdisciplinary meeting.

Time Range

Workshop held in February 2001.

Freshness

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Geography

Focus on the Mercosur area (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay), with participants also from the USA.