The 2024 floods in Rio Grande do Sul and the response capacity of municipalities to floods
The paper analyses the response capacities of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul (RS) affected by the April/May 2024 floods in terms of prevention and mitigation of the effects of climate disasters. To this end, secondary data were used from state government decrees and reports and the Municipal Ba...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC) |
| Repositorio: | Redes (Santa Cruz do Sul. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.online.unisc.br:article/19566 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/redes/article/view/19566 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Desastres climáticos Gestión de riesgos Planificación municipal Rio Grande do Sul Gestão de riscos Planejamento municipal Climate disasters Risk management Municipal planning |
| Sumario: | The paper analyses the response capacities of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul (RS) affected by the April/May 2024 floods in terms of prevention and mitigation of the effects of climate disasters. To this end, secondary data were used from state government decrees and reports and the Municipal Basic Information Survey (Munic, Ibge, 2020a) considering the localities affected by the floods. The units of analysis were divided into two groups according to population size and the existence of flood risk: a) Up to 20,000 inhabitants at risk of flooding, b) With 20,000 or more inhabitants. Which totaled 342 municipalities analyzed in the article. Small municipalities and those without risk were not included because they are not required by law to have certain planning instruments. To measure disaster response capacity, in addition to isolated variables, six scales were constructed, obtained from the sum of 47 questions of Munic, of which only two showed internal consistency: a) Flood risk management and b) Planning instruments for risk and disaster management. The results showed many municipalities with very low scores in relation to the requirements for risk and disaster management. Small municipalities, even if they have areas subject to flooding, are more unprepared: only 23% of them have a Master Plan that includes flood prevention and only 6,8% have a plan for implementing works and services to reduce risks and disasters. |
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