Waterborne Disaster Prevention in Brazil: Assessing the Level of Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action

Authors

  • Maria do Socorro Lima Castello Branco Agência Nacional de Águas (ANA)
  • Carlos Hiroo Saito Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (CDS), Universidade de Brasília (UnB) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5757-9629

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v42i0.48754

Keywords:

Hyogo, resilient cities, floods, water security

Abstract

The concern about the increase of natural disasters with hydrological origin has grown worldwide, leading to the approval of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction - ISDR by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1999. This strategy is consolidated in the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA): building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters. We consider HFA important for Brazil as a country that is suffering an accelerated urbanization process and has demonstrated vulnerability of their cities to hydrological events. Thus, the aim of this study wass to evaluate the level of implementation of the HFA by Brazil focused on the enhancement of disaster prevention in public policy. The applied methodology was predominantly qualitative, based on documents and interviews analysis in a framework of indicators of effectiveness. The results demonstrated the progress the country in governance and risk identification, but stress the need to manage knowledge acquired, to reduce risk factors and strengthen the response capacity

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Published

2017-12-24

How to Cite

Castello Branco, M. do S. L., & Saito, C. H. (2017). Waterborne Disaster Prevention in Brazil: Assessing the Level of Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 42. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v42i0.48754

Issue

Vol. 42 (2017)

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