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Raquel Alcântara de Melo holds a PhD in Physical Geography and is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon. She is also a Researcher at the Centre of Geographical Studies and the Associate Laboratory TERRA. Her main research interests include geomorphological processes and slope dynamics, natural hazards and risk assessment, statistical and deterministic modelling (using both static and dynamic approaches), and hazard- and risk-informed spatial planning.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Raquel Alcântara de Melo

Citation names

  • Melo, Raquel
  • Melo, R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
ED1B-82B2-9E4F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8111-8777
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=XfuYbcgAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id
O-1282-2018
Scopus Author Id
54893395400

Email addresses

  • raquel.melo@edu.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Physical Geography
Education
Degree Classification
2018
Concluded
 PhD, Physical Geography (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
"Modelação de deslizamentos superficiais e escoadas de detritos com métodos estatísticos e determinísticos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 approved with Distinction and Honors
2009
Concluded
 MSc, Physical Geography and Spatial Planning (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"Dinâmica geomorfológica actual na ilha Deception (Antárctida Marítima): análise espacial do sector Cerro Caliente - Crater Lake" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007
Concluded
 Geography (specialization in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems) (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"Integração de Redes Neuronais Artificiais e SIG para a Modelação de Habitats Potenciais no PNSAC" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Researcher (Research) Associate Laboratory TERRA, Portugal
2007 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2022/02 - 2023/02 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Instituto de Ciências da Terra Polo da Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2019/03/06 - 2021/09/05 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/03/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2021/12/02 - 2023/02/28 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/09/14 - 2019/01/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025 - Current Vogal de Direção da Associação Portuguesa de Geomorfólogos [Board Member of the Portuguese Association of Geomorphologists] Associação Portuguesa de Geomorfólogos, Portugal
2024/01/15 - Current Membro do Conselho Pedagógico [Member of the Pedagogical Council] Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/05/26 - Current Scientific trainer accreditation in geography (CCPFC/RFO-27589/10) Conselho Científico-Pedagógico da Formação Contínua, Portugal
Conselho Científico-Pedagógico da Formação Contínua, Portugal
2009 - 2013 PhD Candidate (SFRH/BD/60872/2009) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2009 - 2012 Lecturer, as a PhD Candidate Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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2009 - 2009 Research assistant under the project "Risk mapping for the Lisbon Metropolitan Area" Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2007 - 2008 Research assistant (SFRH/BI/33244 /2007) under the activities of the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/03/01 - 2027/02/28 EGMS RASTOOL-DoS: European Ground Motion Risk Assessment Tools - Downstream Service
UCPM-2024-KAPP-PP - 101193210
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
 Comissão Europeia
Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2026/12/31 CLIMAte risk and vulnerability Assessment framework and toolboX (CLIMAAX)
101093864
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
 Comissão Europeia
Ongoing
2022/04/01 - 2024/03/31 EGMS RASTOOL: European ground motion risk assessment tool
UCPM-2021-PP: UCPM-PJG-101048474
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2019 - 2022 RISKCOAST - Desarrollo de herramientas para prevenir y gestionar los riesgos geológicos en la costa ligados al cambio climático (SOE3/P4/E0868)
SOE3/P4/E0868
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
 Interreg Europe
Concluded
2018/09/21 - 2021/09/21 BeSafeSlide - Landslide Early Warning soft technology prototype to improve community resilience and adaptation to environmental change
PTDC/GESAMB/30052/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016 - 2018 FORLAND - Disastrous floods and landslides in Portugal: driving forces and applications for land use planning
PTDC/ATP-GEO/1660/2014
Collaborator
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2008/03/01 - 2010/06/30 Permafrost and Climate Change in the Maritime Antarctic PERMANTAR
PTDC/CLI/70020/2006
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007 - 2009 PERMAMODEL-IPY - Permafrost and Active Layer Monitoring and Modelling in Livingston and Deception Islands, Antarctic. A contribution to the IPY projects ANTPAS and TSP
POL2006-01918
collaborator
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
 Ministerio de Educación. Secretaría de Estado de Política Científica y Tecnológica. Dirección General de Investigación.
Concluded
2006 - 2009 PLEIADES (Participatory multi-Level EO-Assisted Tool for Irrigation water management and Agricultural Decision Support) and Subproject SPIDER
GOCE 037095
Other
Comissão Europeia
Concluded
2007 - 2008 LATITUDE60! Education for the Planet in the International Polar Year 2007-08
Agência Ciência Viva
collaborator
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
 Ciência Viva – Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica
Concluded
2007 - 2008 SHALLOWDRILL - Shallow Drilling of Permafrost in Livingston Island, Maritime Antarctic
HILTI
collaborator
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
 Hilti AG
Concluded
2006 - 2007 URBKLIM - Climate and urban sustainability. Perception of comfort and climate risks in Lisbon
POCI/GEO/61148/2004
collaborator
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Melo, Raquel; Zêzere, José Luís; Oliveira, Sergio Cruz; Cezar, L; Castro. E; Vieira, Gonçalo. "Post-fire debris flow hazard in the Zêzere glacial valley and Manteigas village (Estrela UNESCO Global Geopark, Portugal)". In Geohazards in European Geoparks, edited by Pellicer, X et al, 54-57. Ankara, Turkey: Vadi Printing Press, 2024.
    Published
  2. Zêzere, J.L.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Melo, R. ; Oliveira, S.C.; Pereira, S.; Reis, E.; Santos, A.; Santos, P.P.. "Multi-hazard Susceptibility Assessment for Land Use Planning in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area". 2023.
    10.1007/978-981-99-0745-8_8
  3. Melo, R. ; Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Garcia, Ricardo A.C.; Zêzere, José Luís. "Does the Updating of Landslides Inventories Have a Relevant Impact on the Landslide Susceptibility Assessment?". In Advances in Natural Hazards and Volcanic Risks: Shaping a Sustainable Future, 103-107. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-25042-2_19
  4. Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Melo, R. ; Marques, Fernando; Fonseca, Rute; Pimenta, Rita; Zêzere, José Luís. "From Geological to Lithological Maps - Exploring Differential Erosion to Improve Lithological Information for Landslide Susceptibility Assessment". In Advances in Natural Hazards and Volcanic Risks: Shaping a Sustainable Future, 109-113. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-25042-2_20
  5. Branco, Igor; Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Melo, R.. "Road Network Exposure to Deep-Seated and Shallow Slides at the Basin-Scale (Grande da Pipa River Basin, Portugal)". In Advances in Natural Hazards and Volcanic Risks: Shaping a Sustainable Future, 115-119. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-25042-2_21
  6. Cardoso, Ana; Pereira, Susana; Ferreira, Tiago Miguel; Zêzere, José Luís; Melo, R. ; Vaz, Teresa; Oliveira, Sérgio Cruz; et al. "On the Physical Vulnerability of Buildings Exposed to Landslide Hazards in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area". In Multi-risk Interactions Towards Resilient and Sustainable Cities, 117-144. Springer Nature Singapore, 2023.
    10.1007/978-981-99-0745-8_7
  7. Melo, R. ; Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Zêzere, José Luís. "Mass-Movement Processes: Shallow Landslides". In Treatise on Geomorphology, 106-113. Elsevier, 2022.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-818234-5.00024-9
  8. Oliveira, Sandra; Bergonse, Rafaello; Pinto Santos, Pedro; Gonçalves, Ana; Melo, R. ; Zêzere, José Luís. "Avaliação de Risco de Incêndio Rural à escala local na região Centro de Portugal [Rural Fire Risk Assessment at the local scale in the Central region of Portugal]". In Geografia, Riscos e Proteção Civil. Homenagem ao Professor Doutor Luciano Lourenço. Volume 2, 78-89. Coimbra, Portugal: RISCOS - Associação Portuguesa de Riscos, Prevenção e Segurança, 2021.
    Published • 10.34037/978-989-9053-06-9_1.2_06
  9. Melo, R. ; José Luís Zêzere. "Deslizamentos superficiais e escoadas de detritos: caracterização dos processos e avaliação da suscetibilidade à rutura e propagação [Shallow slides and debris flows: characterization of the processes and susceptibility assessment of initiation and run-out]". In Riscos híbridos: concepções e perspectivas socioambientais. Brazil: Oficina de Textos, 2021.
    Published
  10. Rocha, Jorge; Perdigão, António; Melo, R. ; Henriques, Cristina. "Remote Sensing Based Crop Coefficients for Water Management in Agriculture". In Sustainable Development - Authoritative and Leading Edge Content for Environmental Management. InTech, 2012.
    Published • 10.5772/48561
  11. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Batista, V.; Ramos, M.. "Distribuição Espacial das Formas e Processos Periglaciários da Área de Cerro Caliente - Crater Lake (ilha Deception, Antárctida Marítima) [Spatial distribution of the periglacial landforms and processes in the Cerro Caliente - Crater Lake area (Deception Island, Maritime Antarctic)]". In Ambientes periglaciares, permafrost y variabilidad climatica, edited by Blanco, J.J.; de Pablo, M.A.; Ramos, M., 109-120. Alcalá de Henares, Spain: UAH Obras colectivas, Ciencias 06, 2010.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Zêzere, J.L.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Oliveira, S.C.; Melo, R. ; Pereira, S.; Reis, E.; Santos, A.; Santos, P.P.. "Assessing Multi-Hazard Susceptibility for Spatial Planning: A Case Study of Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portugal)". Paper presented in 35th International Geographical Congress, 2024.
  2. Melo, R. ; Oliveira. S.C.; Marques, F.; Zêzere, J.L.; Garcia, R.A.C.. "Exploração de informação proxy na modelação determinística de deslizamentos superficiais [Exploration of Proxy Information in the Deterministic Modeling of Shallow Landslides]". Paper presented in X Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia: dinâmicas geomorfológicas no espaço e no tempo [10th National Congress of Geomorphology: Geomorphological Dynamics in Space and Time], Lisboa, 2024.
    Published
  3. Martins, A.; Moreira, N.; Araújo, A.; Melo, R.. "Terraces of the Guadiana River between the Pulo do Lobo water fall and Pomarão, discussions about the evolution of the river in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene". Paper presented in X Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia: dinâmicas geomorfológicas no espaço e no tempo [10th National Congress of Geomorphology: Geomorphological Dynamics in Space and Time], Lisboa, 2024.
    Published
  4. Vaz, T.; Zêzere, J.L.; Melo, R. ; Oliveira, S.; Valenzuela, P.. "Limiares de precipitação para a ocorrência de movimentos de vertente, por unidades geomorfológicas e litológicas, em Portugal continental [Precipitation Thresholds for the Occurrence of Slope Movements by Geomorphological and Lithological Units in Mainland Portugal]". Paper presented in X Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia: dinâmicas geomorfológicas no espaço e no tempo [10th National Congress of Geomorphology: Geomorphological Dynamics in Space and Time], Lisboa, 2024.
    Published
  5. Oliveira, S.C.; Melo, R. ; Garcia, R.A.C.; Pereira, S.; Vaz, T.; Santos, P.P.; Zêzere, J.L.. "Incerteza associada à avaliação de suscetibilidade a movimentos de vertente desencadeados por diferentes condições críticas de precipitação [Uncertainty Associated with the Assessment of Susceptibility to Slope Movements Triggered by Different Critical Precipitation Conditions]". Paper presented in XVIII Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia. Desafios Societais. A perspetiva da Geografia [18th Iberian Geography Colloquium: Societal Challenges from the Perspective of Geography], 2024.
    Published
  6. Oliveira, S.C.; Alves, C.; Melo, R. ; Garcia, R.A.C.; Tavares, A.; Pereira, S.; Santos, P.P.; Reis, E.; Zêzere, J.L.. "Exposição de edifícios a movimentos de vertente – análise quantitativa à escala da subsecção estatística [Exposure of buildings to landslides – quantitative analysis at the statistical subsection scale]". Paper presented in XVIII Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia. Desafios Societais. A perspetiva da Geografia [18th Iberian Geography Colloquium: Societal Challenges from the Perspective of Geography], 2024.
    Published
  7. Zêzere, J.L.; Reis, E.; Pereira, S.; Santos, P.P.; Oliveira, S.C.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Melo, R.. "Estimating landslide hazard at the regional scale considering distinct climate change scenarios". Paper presented in 6th World Landslide Forum, Florence, 2023.
    Published
  8. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.; Oliveira, S.C.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Oliveira, S.; Pereira, S.; Piedade, A.; Santos, P.P.; van Asch, T.W.J.. "Debris flows in urban environments: combining hazard and exposure toward a tailored emergency evacuation response". Paper presented in 6th World Landslide Forum, Florence, 2023.
    Published
  9. Oliveira, S.C.; Alves, C.; Santos, P.P.; Melo, R. ; Garcia, R.A.C.; Pereira, S.; Reis, E.; Zêzere, J.L.. "Quantitative assessment of buildings exposure to landslides using basic Census units". Paper presented in 6th World Landslide Forum, Florence, 2023.
    Published
  10. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.; Oliveira, S.C.; Garcia, R.A.C.. "A importância do uso e ocupação do solo na avaliação da suscetibilidade a movimentos de vertente [The significance of land use and land cover in the assessment of susceptibility to slope movements]". Paper presented in XIV Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa – Territórios em Transição e Sustentabilidade: desafios e respostas., Lisbon, 2023.
    Published
  11. Zêzere, J.L.; Oliveira, S.C.; Pereira, S.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Melo, R. ; Vaz, T.; Tavares, A.; Bateira, C.; Santos, P.P.. "Avaliação da suscetibilidade a movimentos de vertente em Portugal continental [Assessment of susceptibility to slope movements in mainland Portugal]". Paper presented in 14° SINAGEO – Simpósio Nacional de Geomorfologia, Corumbá-MS, 2023.
    Published
  12. Costa, N.M.; Oliveira, S.C.; Zêzere, J.L.; Morgado, P.; Rocha, J.; Melo, R. ; Reis, E.; Santos, P.P.; Pereira, S.. "Exposição Da Rede Viária a Diferentes Cenários de Instabilidade Regional E Respetivo Contributo Para a Identificação de Pontos Críticos de Risco [Exposure of the road network to different scenarios of regional instability and its contribution to the identification of critical risk points]". Paper presented in Congresso GeoSaúde 2022, 2022.
    Published
  13. Oliveira, Sérgio; Zêzere, José Luís; Trigo, R.M.; Marques, F.; Tavares, A.; Marques, R.; Ramos, A.M.; Melo, R.. "BeSafeSlide - A Landslide early warning soft technology prototype to improve community resilience and adaptation to environmental change". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 2022.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10685
  14. Cardoso, Ana; Pereira, Susana; Ferreira, Tiago M.; Zêzere, José L.; Melo, R. ; Vaz, Teresa; Oliveira, Sérgio C.; et al. "On the physical vulnerability of buildings exposed to landslide hazard: application to the Lisbon Metropolitan Area". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Geomorphology, Coimbra, 2022.
    Published • 10.5194/icg2022-557
  15. Zêzere, José L.; Reis, Eusébio; Pereira, Susana; Santos, Pedro P.; Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Garcia, Ricardo A.C.; Melo, R. ; Morais, Ana Rita. "Landslides in a changing climate: assessment of hazard and exposure in the Arrábida (Portugal)". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Geomorphology, Coimbra, 2022.
    Published • 10.5194/icg2022-311
  16. Araújo, Joana; Ramos, Alexandre M.; Soares, Pedro M.M.; Melo, R. ; Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Trigo, Ricardo M.. "Landslide events in Portugal under future climate change scenarios". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 2022.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4314
  17. Melo, Raquel; Zêzere, José L.; Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Garcia, Ricardo A.C.; Oliveira, Sandra; Pereira, Susana; Piedade, Aldina; Santos, Pedro P.; van Asch, Theo. "Application of dynamic modelling to identify buildings at risk and pedestrian travel times to safety areas in a debris flow worst-case scenario". Paper presented in Jornadas do ICT 2022, 2022.
    Published
  18. Costa, Nuno M.; Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Zêzere, José L.; Morgado, Paulo; Rocha, Jorge; Melo, R.. "Road network exposure, connectivity and hierarchy as input to assess landslide risk hotspots". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 2022.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-11699
  19. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, José L.; Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Garcia, Ricardo A.C.; Oliveira, Sandra. "Assessing exposure changes to landsliding in Lisbon Metropolitan Area". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Geomorphology, Coimbra, 2022.
    Published • 10.5194/icg2022-625
  20. Kumar, Vipin; Jamir, Imlirenla; Sundriyal, Yaspal; Havenith, Hans-Balder; Gupta, Vikram; Melo, R. ; Chauhan, Neha; Gupta, Sharad Kumar; Rana, Naresh. "Landslide scaling relationship and its seismic-climatic implications, Himalaya". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Geomorphology, Coimbra, 2022.
    Published • 10.5194/icg2022-1
  21. Enrico D'Addario; Leonardo Disperati; José Luís Zêzere; Melo, R. ; Sérgio Cruz Oliveira. "Regional-scale susceptibility modelling of shallow landslides involving the weathered and fractured sub-surface bedrock". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2021 (vEGU21: Gather Online), 2021.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13474
  22. Sérgio C. Oliveira; Melo, R. ; Carlos Alves; Jorge Rocha; Ricardo A. C. Garcia; Alexandre Tavares; José L. Zêzere; et al. "Assessment of buildings exposure and potential losses to landslides based on census data". Paper presented in EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online, 2020.
    Published
  23. Melo, R. ; José L. Zêzere; Sérgio C. Oliveira; Ricardo A. C. Garcia; Sandra Oliveira; Susana Pereira; Aldina Piedade; Pedro P. Santos; Theo van Asch. "Identifying buildings at risk and pedestrian travel times to safety areas in a debris flow worst-case scenario". Paper presented in EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online, 2020.
    Published
  24. Enrico D'Addario; Leonardo Disperati; José L. Zêzere; Melo, R. ; Sérgio C. Oliveira. "Shallow landslides involving weathered and fractured bedrock: a comparative susceptibility analysis between deterministic and statistical models". Paper presented in EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online, 2020.
    Published
  25. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.; Oliveira, S.C.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Oliveira, S.; Pereira, S.; Piedade, A.; Santos, P.P.. "Rotas seguras e tempos de evacuação num cenário de ocorrência de escoadas de detritos [Safe routes and evacuation times in a debris flow hazard scenario]". Paper presented in XII Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa “Geografias de Transição para a Sustentabilidade", Guimarães, 2019.
    Published
  26. Oliveira, S.C.; Alves, C.; Melo, R. ; Garcia, R.A.C.; Tavares, A.; Zêzere, J.L.; Pereira, S.; Santos, P.P.. "Avaliação da exposição e perdas potenciais de edifícios a deslizamentos superficiais e profundos com base em informação censitária [Assessment of exposure and potential losses of buildings to shallow and deep-seated landslides based on census information]". Paper presented in XII Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa “Geografias de Transição para a Sustentabilidade", Guimarães, 2019.
    Published
  27. Oliveira, S.C.; Melo, R. ; Marques, F.; Zêzere, J.L.; Fonseca, R.; Pimenta, R.. "Produção de cartografia litológica detalhada em áreas com substrato de rochas brandas para avaliação da suscetibilidade a movimentos de vertente, com recurso a cartografia geológica de base e informação cartográfica auxiliar [Lithological mapping for landslide susceptibility assessment on weak bedrock areas, based on geological map and ancillary cartographic information]". Paper presented in 9º Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia, Guimarães, 2019.
    Published
  28. Oliveira, S.C.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Zêzere, J.L.; Melo, R. ; Oliveira, Sérgio; Garcia, Ricardo A C; Zêzere, José. "A importância da atualização dos inventários de movimentos de vertente na avaliação da suscetibilidade [The impact of updating the landslides inventories in the susceptibility assessment]". Paper presented in 9º Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia, Guimarães, 2019.
    Published
  29. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.; Rocha, J.; Oliveira, S.C.. "Susceptibility assessment of shallow slides failure and run-out". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2019, Viena, 2019.
  30. Melo, Raquel; Oliveira, Sérgio; Marques, Fernando; Fonseca, Rute; Zêzere, José; Melo, R. ; Oliveira, S.C.; et al. "Modelação da espessura do solo à escala da bacia hidrográfica [Soil depth modelling at the basin scale]". Paper presented in 9º Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia “Que futuro para a Geomorfologia…?”, Guimarães, 2019.
    Published
  31. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, José; Oliveira, Sérgio; Garcia, Ricardo A C; Oliveira, Sandra; Pereira, Susana; Piedade, Aldina; Santos, Pedro Pinto. "Definição de tempos de evacuação e áreas seguras num cenário de ocorrência de escoadas de detritos". Paper presented in XII Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa “Geografias de Transição para a Sustentabilidade", 2019.
    Published
  32. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, José; Rocha, Jorge; Oliveira, Sérgio. "Susceptibility assessment of shallow slides failure and run-out". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna, 2019.
    Published
  33. Zêzere, José Luís; Oliveira, Sérgio Cruz; Pereira, Susana; Garcia, Ricardo A.C.; Melo, R. ; Vaz, Teresa; Tavares, Alexandre O.; et al. "Construction of a National Landslide Susceptibility Map for Portugal". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2018, Viena, 2018.
  34. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.. "Debris flow susceptibility modelling at the basin scale: an application in the Estrela Aspiring Geopark". Paper presented in International Conference “Managing Mediterranean Mountain Geoheritage”, Manteigas, Serra da Estrela, 2017.
  35. Zêzere, J.L.; Pereira, S.; Melo, R. ; Oliveira, S.C.; Garcia, R.A.C.. "Uncertainty into statistical landslide susceptibility models resulting from terrain mapping units and landslide input data". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2017, Viena, 2017.
  36. Melo, R. ; van Asch, Th.W.J.; Zêzere, J.L. "Debris flow runout simulation at the basin scale: Zêzere valley (Estrela Mountain, Portugal)". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2017, Viena, 2017.
  37. Piedade, A.; Zêzere, J.L; Henriques, C.; Lopes, P.; Pereira, S.; Melo, R.. "Assessment and validation of landslide susceptibility in different geomorphological environments in Portugal". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2011, Viena, 2011.
  38. Zêzere, J.L.; Ramos, C.; Reis, E.; Melo, R.. "Avaliação e Gestão de Risco na Escala Regional: O caso da Área Metropolitana de Lisboa [Assessment and Risk Management at a Regional Scale: The case of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area]". Paper presented in Conferência Internacional "Risco, Vulnerabilidade e Território", Coimbra, 2010.
  39. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Ramos, M.. "A comparison of two statistical methods for the analysis of the periglacial phenomena in Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic)". Paper presented in 4th SCAR Open Science Conference - Antarctica: Witness to the Past and Guide to the Future, Buenos Aires, 2010.
  40. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Ramos, M.. "Periglacial phenomena in Deception Island, Maritime Antarctic: spatial analysis of the Cerro Caliente - Crater Lake area". Paper presented in IPY Oslo Science Conference, Oslo, 2010.
  41. Batista, V.; Neves, M.; Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Ramos, M.. "Summer evolution of the active layer thickness in Cerro de la Cruz area (Deception Island, Maritime Antarctic)". Paper presented in IPY Oslo Science Conference, Oslo, 2010.
  42. Vieira, G.; Ramos, M.; Amaral, P.; Batista, V.; Bernardo, I.; Caselli, A.; Correia, A.; et al. "PERMANTAR: Permafrost and active layer monitoring in the Maritime Antarctic". Paper presented in IPY Oslo Science Conference, Oslo, 2010.
  43. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Ramos, M.. "Spatial modelling of periglacial phenomena in Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic): logistic regression and information value method". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2010, Viena, 2010.
  44. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Ramos, M.. "Dinâmica Geomorfológica actual na Ilha Deception (Antárctida Marítima) [Present-day geomorphological dynamics of Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic)]". Paper presented in 2ª Reunião Portuguesa de Ciências Polares: o estado da investigação polar em Portugal no final do IV Ano Polar Internacional, Lisboa, 2010.
  45. Vieira, G.; Amaral, P.; Batista, V.; Blanco, J.J.; Caselli, A.; Correia, A.; Dutra, E.; et al. "Projecto PERMANTAR - Monitorização e modelação da distribuição espacial e do estado térmico do permafrost na região da Península Antárctica [PERMANTAR Project - Monitoring and modelling the active layer and the permafrost distribution in the Antarctic Peninsula region]". Paper presented in 2ª Reunião Portuguesa de Ciências Polares: o estado da investigação polar em Portugal no final do IV Ano Polar Internacional, Lisboa, 2010.
  46. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.; Ramos, C.; Reis, E.. "Avaliação de perigos naturais, tecnológicos e ambientais no ordenamento do território da Área Metropolitana de Lisboa [Assessment of natural, technological and environmental hazards for the spatial planning in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area]". Paper presented in VII Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa, Coimbra, 2009.
  47. Batista, V.; Vieira, G.; Santos, F.; Melo, R. ; Ramos, M.; Hauck, C.. "Distribuição espacial do permafrost na Ilha Deception (Ilhas Shetland do Sul, Antárctida) através de Tomografias Geoeléctricas [Spatial distribution of permafrost in Deception island (South Shetland islands, Maritime Antarctic) using geoelectrical tomographies]". Paper presented in II Iberian Congress of the International Permafrost Association, Sigüenza, 2009.
  48. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Rocha, J.; Caselli, A.; Batista, V.; Ramos, M.. "Geomorphological Dynamics of Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic): a GIS based analysis of the Cerro de la Cruz – Crater Lake area". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2009, Viena, 2009.
  49. Vieira, G.; Ramos, M.; Batista, V.; Caselli, A.; Correia, A.; Fragoso, M.; Gruber, S.; et al. "Permafrost and Active Layer Monitoring in the Maritime Antarctic: A contribution to TSP and ANTPAS projects". Paper presented in American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2008, São Francisco, 2008.
  50. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Batista, V.; Ramos, M.. "Dinâmica geomorfológica actual da Ilha Deception (Antárctida Marítima): estudo do sector compreendido entre as bases de Decepción e Gabriel de Castilla [Present-day geomorphological dynamics of Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic): study of the area between Decepción and Gabriel de Castilla bases]". Paper presented in IV Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia, Braga, 2008.
  51. Vieira, G.; Neves, M.; Mora, C.; Batista, V.; Melo, R. ; Trindade, A.; Santos, F.; et al. "O Ano Polar Internacional e o desenvolvimento da Geomorfologia Polar Portuguesa [The International Polar Year and the development of the portuguese polar geomorphology]". Paper presented in IV Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia, Braga, 2008.
  52. Vieira, G.; Ramos, M.; Blanco, J.J.; Caselli, A.; Correia, A.; Gruber, S.; Hauck, C.; et al. "PERMANTAR/PERMAMODEL: um consórcio internacional para monitorização do permafrost e da dinâmica geomorfológica actual na Antárctida Marítima [PERMANTAR/PERMAMODEL: an international consortium for permafrost and present-day geomorphological dynamics monitoring in Maritime Antarctic]". Paper presented in IV Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia, Braga, 2008.
  53. Batista, V.; Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Santos, F.; Ramos, M.; Hauck, C.. "New data on geophysical surveying of permafrost in Livingston and Deception Islands, Maritime Antarctic. The campaign of 2007-08". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2008, Viena, 2008.
  54. Ramos, M.; Tomé, D.; Hidalgo, M.A.; de Pablo, M.A.; Vieira, G.; Trindade, A.; Batista, V.; et al. "Permafrost and active layer monitoring in the Maritime Antarctic. Objectives and Preliminary results of the PERMAMODEL-PERMADRILL PROJECT during 2007-08 Antarctic Campaign". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2008, Viena, 2008.
  55. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Ramos, M.. "Geomorphological indicators of climate change and permafrost degradation in Deception Island". Paper presented in 1st Iberian Workshop on Antarctic Península Permafrost and Climate Change, Lisboa, 2007.
  56. Capinha, C.; Melo, R.. "A Comparison of three Methods for a Spatial Model – A horizon soil depth". Paper presented in 13th EC-GI & GIS Workshop, Porto, 2007.
  57. Melo, R. ; Tomé, D.. "Uma rede para apoio a jovens investigadores que estudam o permafrost: Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) [A network to support young researchers who study the permafrost: Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN)]". Paper presented in Congresso Ibérico da International Permafrost Association, Guarda, 2007.
  58. Vieira, G.; Ramos, M.; Neves, M.; Mora, C.; Gruber, S.; Hauk, C.; Hoelzle, M.; et al. "Permafrost e camada activa das Ilhas Livingston e Deception (Shetlands do Sul, Antárctida). Resultados recentes e perspectivas [Permafrost and active layer in Livingston and Deception islands (South Shetlands, Antarctic). Recent results and perspectives]". Paper presented in III Congresso de Geomorfologia, Funchal, 2006.
  59. Vieira, G.; Ramos, M.; Mora, C.; Melo, R. ; Capinha, C.; Mora, P.. "Temporal and spatial analysis of the daily radiation balance during the summer. A comparison between Livingston and Deception islands, Maritime Antarctic. Preliminary results". Paper presented in VII Simposio Español de Estudios Polares, Granada, 2006.
  60. Vieira, G.; Ramos, M.; Neves, M.; Mora, C.; Gruber, S.; Hauk, C.; Hoelzle, M.; et al. "PERMAMODEL: An interdisciplinary proposal for permafrost research in the Maritime Antarctic in the framework of the IPY Core Projects TSP and ANTPAS". Paper presented in VII Simposio Español de Estudios Polares, Granada, 2006.
Conference paper
  1. Cardoso, A.; Pereira, S.; Ferreira, T.M.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Zêzere, J.L.; Melo, R. ; Vaz, T.; et al. "Physical Vulnerability of Buildings to Rainfall- and Earthquake-Induced Landslides in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area". Paper presented in 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024), 2024.
  2. Oliveira, Sérgio; Melo, Raquel; Couchinho, Rúben; Figueiredo, Albano; Reis, Eusébio. "Assessment of landslide and fluvio-mass-movement susceptibility on the island of Porto Santo (Madeira, Portugal).". Paper presented in XVI Reunión Nacional de Geomorfología, Zaragoza, 2023.
    Published
  3. Cuervas-Mons, J.; Domínguez-Cuesta, M.J.; Zêzere, J.L.; Barra, A.; Reyes-Carmona, C.; Monserrat, O.; Oliveira, S.C.; Melo, R.. "Detection and analysis of urban subsidence in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portugal) by means of A-DInSAR techniques.". Paper presented in XVI Reunión Nacional de Geomorfología, Zaragoza, 2023.
    Published
  4. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.; Oliveira, S.C.; Garcia, R.A.C.. "The role of land use and land cover on landslide susceptibility assessment.". Paper presented in XVI Reunión Nacional de Geomorfología, Zaragoza, 2023.
    Published
  5. J.L. Zêzere; Oliveira, S.C.; S. Pereira; Melo, R. ; P.P. Santos; E. Reis; R.A.C. Garcia; et al. "Susceptibility and exposure to sea level rise in the Sado estuary and in the Arrábida coastal zone". Paper presented in 16th International Conference Littoral22, 2022.
    Published
  6. Melo, Raquel; Zêzere, José L.; Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Garcia, Ricardo A.C.; Oliveira, Sandra; Pereira, Susana; Piedade, Aldina; Santos, Pedro P.; van Asch, Theo. "Determinação dos tempos de evacuação pedestre da população exposta a movimentos de vertente em áreas de montanha [Evaluation of pedestrian evacuation times of exposed population to landslides in mountain areas]". Paper presented in ICUR 2022 (2ª Conferência Internacional de Riscos Urbanos), Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  7. Zêzere, J.L.; Reis, E.; Pereira, S.; Santos, P.P.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Melo, R.. "Susceptibility and exposure to flash flooding in a changing climate: the case of Setúbal municipality". Paper presented in ICUR 2022 - 2ª Conferência Internacional de Riscos Urbanos, 2022.
    Published
  8. Lajas, S.M.; Zêzere, J.L.; Oliveira, S.C.; Melo, R.. "Integração de métodos estatísticos e determinísticos para avaliação da suscetibilidade a deslizamentos superficiais [Shallow landslides susceptibility assessment based on the integration of statistical and deterministic methods]". Paper presented in VII Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia, Lisboa, 2015.
  9. Zêzere, J.L.; Fonseca, I.L.; Pereira, S.; Melo, R. ; Henriques, C.; Piedade, A.; Reis, E.. "Risk mapping for emergency planning in Portugal - an exemple on slope instability". Paper presented in XIII Reunión Nacional de Geomorfología, Santander, 2012.
  10. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.; Oliveira, S.C.; Piedade, A.; Henriques, C.. "Avaliação e validação temporal da susceptibilidade à ocorrência de deslizamentos rotacionais e translacionais superficiais (área-amostra de Calhandriz) [Rotational and shallow translational slides susceptibility assessment and temporal validation (test-site of Calhandriz)]". Paper presented in V Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia, Porto, 2010.
  11. Rocha, J.; Perdigão, A.; Melo, R. ; Henriques, C.. "Managing Water in Agriculture through Remote Sensing Applications". Paper presented in 30th EARSeL Symposium: Remote Sensing for Science, Education, and Natural and Cultural Heritage, Paris, 2010.
  12. Rocha, J.; Perdigão, A.; Melo, R. ; Henriques, C.. "Gestão agrícola com base em dados orbitais remotos [Managing water in agriculture through Remote Sensing and WebGIS applications]". Paper presented in Conferência Ibérica ESIG 2010 - Encontro de Utilizadores de Informação Geográfica, Oeiras, 2010.
  13. Rocha, J.; Rosário, V.; Almeida, A.; Sousa, C.; Capinha, C.; Henriques, C.; Melo, R. ; Rodrigues, M.. "EDEN-Doenças Emergentes no Contexto das Alterações Ambientais na Europa [EDEN - Emerging Diseases in the Context of Environmental Changes in Europe]". Paper presented in XI Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia - "La perspectiva geográfica antes los nuevos retos de la sociedad y el medio ambiente en el contexto ibérico", Alcalá de Henares, 2008.
  14. Rocha, J.; Ferreira, J.C.; Capinha, C.; Henriques, C.; Melo, R. ; Rodrigues, M.. "A Emergência dos SIG na delimitação de estruturas ecológicas: O caso de Setúbal [The emergence of GIS in mapping the ecological structures: The case of Setúbal]". Paper presented in XI Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia - "La perspectiva geográfica antes los nuevos retos de la sociedad y el medio ambiente en el contexto ibérico", Alcalá de Henares, 2008.
  15. Capinha, C.; Melo, R. ; Flor, A.. "Integração de Redes Neuronais Artificiais e SIG para a Modelação de Habitats Potenciais no Parque Natural das Serras de Aires e Candeeiros [Integration of Artificial Neural Networks and GIS for modelling potential habitats in PNSAC]". Paper presented in VI Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa, Lisboa, 2007.
Conference poster
  1. Melo, R. ; Oliveira, S.C.; Marques, F.; Zêzere, J.L.; Garcia, R.A.C.. "Exploração de informação proxy na modelação determinística de deslizamentos superficiais [Exploration of Proxy Information in the Deterministic Modeling of Shallow Landslides]". Paper presented in X Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia: dinâmicas geomorfológicas no espaço e no tempo [10th National Congress of Geomorphology: Geomorphological Dynamics in Space and Time], 2024.
  2. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.; Oliveira, S.C.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Oliveira, S.; Pereira, S.; Piedade, A.; Santos, P.P.; van Asch, T.W.J.. "Debris flows in urban environments: combining hazard and exposure toward a tailored emergency evacuation response". Paper presented in 6th World Landslide Forum, 2023.
  3. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.; Oliveira, S.C.; Garcia, R.A.C.. "A importância do uso e ocupação do solo na avaliação da suscetibilidade a movimentos de vertente [The significance of land use and land cover in the assessment of susceptibility to slope movements]". Paper presented in XIV Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa – Territórios em Transição e Sustentabilidade: desafios e respostas, 2023.
  4. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.; Rocha, J.; Oliveira, S.C.. "Susceptibility assessment of shallow slides failure and run-out". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2019, 2019.
  5. Melo, R. ; Zêzere, J.L.. "Debris flow susceptibility modelling at the basin scale: an application in the Estrela Aspiring Geopark". Paper presented in International Conference “Managing Mediterranean Mountain Geoheritage”, 2017.
  6. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Ramos, M.. "A comparison of two statistical methods for the analysis of the periglacial phenomena in Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic).". Paper presented in 4th SCAR Open Science Conference - Antarctica: Witness to the Past and Guide to the Future, 2010.
  7. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Ramos, M.. "Periglacial phenomena in Deception Island, Maritime Antarctic: spatial analysis of the Cerro Caliente - Crater Lake area". Paper presented in IPY Oslo Science Conference, 2010.
  8. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Ramos, M.. "Spatial modelling of periglacial phenomena in Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic): logistic regression and information value method". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2010, 2010.
  9. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Batista, V.; Ramos, M.. "Distribuição espacial das formas e processos periglaciários da área de Cerro Caliente - Crater Lake (ilha Deception, Antárctida Marítima)". Paper presented in II Iberian Congress of the International Permafrost Association, 2009.
  10. Melo, R. ; Vieira, G.; Rocha, J.; Caselli, A.; Batista, V.; Ramos, M.. "Geomorphological Dynamics of Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic): a GIS based analysis of the Cerro de la Cruz - Crater Lake area". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2009, 2009.
Journal article
  1. Melo, R. ; Oliveira, S.C.; Marques, F.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Zêzere, J.L.. "Physically-based modelling of shallow slides susceptibility at the basin scale using proxy soil thickness and geotechnical data". CATENA 250 (2025): 108788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2025.108788.
    Published • 10.1016/j.catena.2025.108788
  2. Chauhan, Neha; Kumar, Vipin; Sundriyal, Yaspal; Kaushik, Sameeksha; Subramanian, Srikrishnan Siva; Melo, R. ; Rana, Naresh. "Debris flow in indian himalaya: A threat to emerging infrastructure". Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 83 11 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10064-024-03923-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s10064-024-03923-3
  3. Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Zêzere, José L.; Garcia, Ricardo A. C.; Pereira, Susana; Vaz, Teresa; Melo, Raquel. "Landslide susceptibility assessment using different rainfall event-based landslide inventories: advantages and limitations". Natural Hazards 120 10 (2024): 9361-9399. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06691-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s11069-024-06691-1
  4. Bera, Somnath; Gnyawali, Kaushal; Dahal, Kshitij; Melo, Raquel; Li-Juan, Miao; Guru, Balamurugan; Ramana, G V. "Assessment of shelter location-allocation for multi-hazard emergency evacuation". International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 84 (2023): 103435. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103435.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103435
  5. Melo, R. ; Oliveira, Sandra; Tomé, Ricardo; Ramos, Alexandre M.; Oliveira, Sérgio C.. "Validation of 3-day rainfall forecast at the regional scale". MethodsX 10 (2023): 102071. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102071.
    Published • 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102071
  6. Santos, Pedro Pinto; Pereira, Susana; Rocha, Jorge; Reis, Eusébio; Santos, Mónica; Oliveira, Sérgio Cruz; Garcia, Ricardo A. C.; Melo, R. ; Zêzere, José Luís. "The role of susceptibility, exposure and vulnerability as drivers of flood disaster risk at the parish level". Environmental Earth Sciences 81 465 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-022-10589-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s12665-022-10589-1
  7. Cuervas-Mons, José; Zêzere, José Luis; Domínguez-Cuesta, María José; Barra, Anna; Reyes-Carmona, Cristina; Monserrat, Oriol; Oliveira, Sergio Cruz; Melo, R.. "Assessment of Urban Subsidence in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Central-West of Portugal) Applying Sentinel-1 SAR Dataset and Active Deformation Areas Procedure". Remote Sensing 14 16 (2022): 4084. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14164084.
    Published • 10.3390/rs14164084
  8. Araújo, Joana R.; Ramos, Alexandre M.; Soares, Pedro M. M.; Melo, R. ; Oliveira, Sérgio C.; Trigo, Ricardo M.. "Impact of extreme rainfall events on landslide activity in Portugal under climate change scenarios". Landslides 19 10 (2022): 2279-2293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-022-01895-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s10346-022-01895-7
  9. Bera, S.; Melo, R. ; Guru, B.. "Assessment of exposed elements in a changing built environment by using an integrated model of debris flow initiation and runout (Kalimpong region, Himalaya)". Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02352-w.
    Published • 10.1007/s10064-021-02352-w
  10. Melo, R. (ED1B-82B2-9E4F); Zêzere, J.L.; Oliveira, S.C.; Garcia, R.A.C.; Oliveira, S.; Pereira, S.; Piedade, A.; Santos, P.P.; van Asch, T.W.J.. "Defining evacuation travel times and safety areas in a debris flow hazard scenario". Science of The Total Environment 712 (2020): 136452-136452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136452.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136452
  11. Melo, R. (ED1B-82B2-9E4F); Zêzere, J.L.; Rocha, J.; Oliveira, S.C.. "Combining data-driven models to assess susceptibility of shallow slides failure and run-out". Landslides (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01235-2.
    10.1007/s10346-019-01235-2
  12. Melo, R. (ED1B-82B2-9E4F); van Asch, T.; Zêzere, J.L.. "Debris flow run-out simulation and analysis using a dynamic model". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 18 2 (2018): 555-570. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-555-2018.
    10.5194/nhess-18-555-2018
  13. Melo, R. (ED1B-82B2-9E4F); Zêzere, J.L.. "Modeling debris flow initiation and run-out in recently burned areas using data-driven methods". Natural Hazards (2017): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11069-017-2921-4.
    10.1007/s11069-017-2921-4
  14. Oliveira, S.C.; Zêzere, J.L.; Lajas, S.; Melo, R. (ED1B-82B2-9E4F). "Combination of statistical and physically based methods to assess shallow slide susceptibility at the basin scale". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 17 7 (2017): 1091-1109. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1091-2017.
    10.5194/nhess-17-1091-2017
  15. Melo, R. (ED1B-82B2-9E4F); Zêzere, J.L.. "Avaliação da suscetibilidade à rutura e propagação de fluxos de detritos na bacia hidrográfica do Rio Zêzere (Serra da Estrela, Portugal) / Debris-flow failure and run-out susceptibility assessment in the Zêzere River basin (Serra da Estrela, Portugal)". Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia 18 1 (2017): https://doi.org/10.20502%2Frbg.v18i1.985.
    10.20502/rbg.v18i1.985
  16. Zêzere, J.L.; Pereira, S.; Melo, R. (ED1B-82B2-9E4F); Oliveira, S.C.; Garcia, R.A.C.. "Mapping landslide susceptibility using data-driven methods". Science of the Total Environment 589 (2017): 250-267. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85014226348&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.188
  17. Goyanes, G.; Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Mora, C.; Ramos, M.; de Pablo, M.A.; Neves, M.; et al. "Thermal regime and spatial variability of the active layer in Deception Island, Antarctica | Regimen termico y variabilidad espacial de la capa activa en isla Decepcion, Antartida". Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina 71 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84891771178&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  18. "Régimen térmico y variabilidad espacial de la capa activa en isla decepcion, Antártica". Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina (2014): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/15409637/.
  19. Melo, R. (ED1B-82B2-9E4F); Vieira, G.; Caselli, A.; Ramos, M.. "Susceptibility modelling of hummocky terrain distribution using the information value method (Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula)". Geomorphology 155-156 (2012): 88-95. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860316735&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.027
  20. Melo, Raquel; Lantuit, Hughes; Vieira, Gonçalo; Batista, Vanessa; Trindade, Alexandre. "The Permafrost Young Researchers Network". Finisterra 44 87 (2009): https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis1384.
    https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis1384
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Melo, Raquel Alcântara de. "Modelação de deslizamentos superficiais e escoadas de detritos com métodos estatísticos e determinísticos [Shallow slides and debris flows modeling using statistical and deterministic methods]". PhD, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/34416.
  2. Melo, Raquel Alcântara de. "Dinâmica geomorfológica actual na ilha de Deception (Antártica Marítima): análise espacial do sector Cerro Caliente-Crater Lake [Present-day geomorphological dynamics of Deception Island, Maritime Antarctic: spatial analysis of the Cerro Caliente – Crater Lake area]". Master, 2009. http://catalogo.ul.pt/F/?func=item-global&doc_library=ULB01&type=03&doc_number=000566828.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/13 Exploração de informação proxy na modelação determinística de deslizamentos superficiais [Exploring proxy information in the deterministic modeling of shallow landslides] X Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia: dinâmicas geomorfológicas no espaço e no tempo
(Portugal)
2023/09/07 The role of land use and land cover on landslide susceptibility assessment XVI Reunión Nacional de Geomorfología
Sociedad Española de Geomorfología (Zaragoza, Spain)
2022 Evaluation of pedestrian evacuation times of exposed population to landslides in mountain areas ICUR 2022 (2ª Conferência Internacional de Riscos Urbanos)
(Portugal)
2022 Assessing exposure changes to landsliding in Lisbon Metropolitan Area 10th International Conference on Geomorphology
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/03/01 Application of dynamic modelling to identify buildings at risk and pedestrian travel times to safety areas in a debris flow worst-case scenario IAG Regional Webinar for Iberia
IAG - International Association of Geomorphologists
2020 Identifying buildings at risk and pedestrian travel times to safety areas in a debris flow worst-case scenario EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online
2019/11/13 Definição de tempos de evacuação e áreas seguras num cenário de ocorrência de escoadas de detritos [Safe routes and evacuation times in a debris flow hazard scenario] XII Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa “Geografias de Transição para a Sustentabilidade"
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2019/11/12 Modelação da espessura do solo à escala da bacia hidrográfica [Soil depth modelling at the basin scale] 9º Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2017/04/28 Debris flow runout simulation at the basin scale: Zêzere valley (Estrela Mountain, Portugal) EGU General Assembly 2017
(Viena, Austria)
2010/12/08 Avaliação e validação temporal da susceptibilidade à ocorrência de deslizamentos rotacionais e translacionais superficiais (área-amostra de Calhandriz) [Rotational and shallow translational slides susceptibility assessment and temporal validation (test-site of Calhandriz)] V Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia
(Porto, Portugal)
2010/04/26 Dinâmica Geomorfológica actual na Ilha Deception (Antárctida Marítima) [Present-day geomorphological dynamics of Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic)] 2ª Reunião Portuguesa de Ciências Polares: o estado da investigação polar em Portugal no final do IV Ano Polar Internacional
Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2008/10/16 Dinâmica geomorfológica actual da Ilha Deception (Antárctida Marítima): estudo do sector compreendido entre as bases de Decepción e Gabriel de Castilla [Present-day geomorphological dynamics of Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic): study of the area between Decepción and Gabriel de Castilla bases] IV Congresso Nacional de Geomorfologia
(Braga, Portugal)
2008 Palestra sobre "Portugal e a Antárctida" [Lecture about "Portugal and the Antarctic"] Escola EB23 João Afonso (Aveiro); Escola Secundária de Santa Cruz (Madeira)
2007/12/17 Geomorphological indicators of climate change and permafrost degradation in Deception Island 1st Iberian Workshop on Antarctic Península Permafrost and Climate Change
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa, Portugal)
2007/06/25 Uma rede para apoio a jovens investigadores que estudam o permafrost: Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) [A network to support young researchers who study the permafrost: Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN)] Congresso Ibérico da International Permafrost Association
(Guarda, Portugal)
2007/02/22 Permafrost research and PYRN activities in Portugal Permafrost Young Researchers Network kick-off meeting
Abisko Scientific Research Station (Abisko, Sweden)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018/10/14 - 2018/10/27 Participation on the "iRALL School 2018". The International Research Association on Large Landslides (iRALL) School included 3-day lectures in the State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection (SKLGP) and 10 days of lectures and field investigations near the old Beichuan Town, the epicentral area of 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake (Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Southwest China). iRALL School 2018 "Field data collection, monitoring and modelling of large landslides"
State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, China

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/01 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Geomorfólogos [Portuguese Association of Geomorphologists] Member
2020/10 - Current LandAware - The international network on Landslide Early Warning Systems Member
2010 - Current European Geosciences Union EGU regular member
2005 - 2009 Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) National representative

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2008/01 - 2008/03 Participation in the Argentinean Antarctic Campaign on Deception Island, South Shetlands, Antarctic. During the campaign, I did fieldwork and used several instruments and methods, namely: 1) Surveying using DGPS, post-processing and data analysis; 2) Geophysical survey (Electrical Resistivity Tomography) using the Schlumberger and Dipole-Dipole methods; 3) Geomorphological mapping and interpretation of high-resolution satellite images. Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 Scientific Article Award 2021 from the Centre of Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal

Other distinction

2018 Selected to join one of the ten worldwide PhD/postdoc positions to participate in iRALL School 2018 "Field data collection, monitoring and modelling of large landslides", at the SKLGP (Chengdu, China)
State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, China
2009 PhD Scholarship (SFRH/BD/60872/2009)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
2007 Research Scholarship (SFRH/BI/33244/2007)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
2007 Grant from The Scientific Community Support Programme (FACC) for the Antarctic Campaign on Deception Island (Refª 440.02; Proc. 07/5/1248)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal