Whose lands’ slides? : social vulnerability to landslides in Rio de Janeiro and how the local plans affect it
| dc.contributor.advisor | Paterson, Robert G. | |
| dc.creator | Milani, Luísa Duarte | |
| dc.creator.orcid | 0000-0002-9599-1550 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-10T22:05:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-09-10T22:05:01Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2021-08 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-08-13 | |
| dc.date.submitted | August 2021 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2021-09-10T22:05:01Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Rio de Janeiro has major historical, economic, and political importance in Brazil. The city also has a long history of disasters, particularly landslides, and although there have been mitigation efforts, they are still a common occurrence. Disaster as a research field is particularly comprehensive as it involves many fields, from engineering to social sciences, and while there is no consensus in some of the issues related to the field, social vulnerability and resilience are frequently discussed concepts. Social vulnerability focuses on the pre-existing social, political, economic, and physical aspects of a community, whereas resilience is largely understood as the ability to adapt to change, and “bounce back” after a stressful event. Additionally, it is known that local planning is essential for disaster mitigation. This work discusses the vulnerabilization process of the city of Rio de Janeiro and aims to contribute to the process of resilience building in the city by mapping social vulnerability and analyzing the current local policies in their ability to decrease social vulnerability. Literature about resilience, vulnerability to disasters, planning for disasters, and historic questions about Brazil and Rio de Janeiro was reviewed. The references used varied from official material produced by national and international agencies, newspaper articles, and academic sources. The materials were written in Portuguese, English, or Spanish. To map social vulnerability, CDC’s SVI was adapted for the Brazilian context to generate an index comparing Census Sectors within the city. Finally, local plans and policies were evaluated following the process described in the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard (Malecha et al, 2019), where planning districts and risk areas are overlayed to highlight incongruities. Results suggest that historical patterns of segregation still define the city. Correlations were found between overall social vulnerability and risk. However, Sectors with high vulnerability are located throughout the city, not only in risk areas. The policy evaluation showed a lack of quality and alignment between plans. To build resilience and prepare for climate change the city should make efforts to account for social vulnerability and risk in its policies, as well as improve the quality of its plans to implement them effectively. | |
| dc.description.department | Community and Regional Planning | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2152/87605 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/14549 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | Social vulnerability | |
| dc.subject | Disasters | |
| dc.subject | Plan evaluation | |
| dc.subject | Brazil | |
| dc.title | Whose lands’ slides? : social vulnerability to landslides in Rio de Janeiro and how the local plans affect it | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Community and Regional Planning | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Community and Regional Planning | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning |
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