Appropriation of Disaster Risk
Reduction in Brazil: Relations Between
Civil Defense and Urban Planning
as a Social Process Leading
to Sustainability
Katia Atsumi Nakayama and Marcio Siqueira Machado
1 Introduction
The study of causes, impacts and consequences of natural disasters in Brazilian
municipalities has become quite frequent (Ultramari 2013; Mendonça 2004;
Deschamps 2008; Hummell 2009). Such discussions, are mainly focused on the
research for strategies and transformative tools (Ultramari 2013). The existing literature on the institutional issues of resilience in developing countries is not completely
established (Nakayama 2017). Variables like social responsibility, extreme poverty
and informal settlements must be added to new studies. Specifically, in a country
like Brazil where there is a transition process between a disconnected institutional approach and a more articulated one could be further detailed and new study
cases produced. That would possibilitate comparisons and exchange of experiences
between countries more frequently.
Despite the amount of these strategies, the peculiar Brazilian social context makes
the implementation of risk policies a complex problem. In this context, it is possible
to perceive that the appropriation and the identification of prevention strategies—
mainly between Civil Defense and urban planning—bring to the discussions new
challenges for urban management in municipalities.
The scenario of natural disasters in Brazil is the result not only of the event
itself, but the consequence of social and environmental vulnerability. This exposes
municipalities to a greater risk possibility (Veyret 2007; Deschamps 2008; Hummell
2009). As a result, in the case of adversities, vulnerable spaces become the arena of a
K. A. Nakayama (B) · M. S. Machado
PPGTU–PUC-PR, Av. Imaculada Conceicao, 1155-Prado Velho, Bloco Azul, 2o Andar, Curitiba,
Paraná 80215901, Brazil
e-mail: nakayama.katia@gmail.com
M. S. Machado
e-mail: marciomachado80@gmail.com
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_1
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Reduction in Brazil: Relations Between
Civil Defense and Urban Planning
as a Social Process Leading
to Sustainability
Katia Atsumi Nakayama and Marcio Siqueira Machado
1 Introduction
The study of causes, impacts and consequences of natural disasters in Brazilian
municipalities has become quite frequent (Ultramari 2013; Mendonça 2004;
Deschamps 2008; Hummell 2009). Such discussions, are mainly focused on the
research for strategies and transformative tools (Ultramari 2013). The existing literature on the institutional issues of resilience in developing countries is not completely
established (Nakayama 2017). Variables like social responsibility, extreme poverty
and informal settlements must be added to new studies. Specifically, in a country
like Brazil where there is a transition process between a disconnected institutional approach and a more articulated one could be further detailed and new study
cases produced. That would possibilitate comparisons and exchange of experiences
between countries more frequently.
Despite the amount of these strategies, the peculiar Brazilian social context makes
the implementation of risk policies a complex problem. In this context, it is possible
to perceive that the appropriation and the identification of prevention strategies—
mainly between Civil Defense and urban planning—bring to the discussions new
challenges for urban management in municipalities.
The scenario of natural disasters in Brazil is the result not only of the event
itself, but the consequence of social and environmental vulnerability. This exposes
municipalities to a greater risk possibility (Veyret 2007; Deschamps 2008; Hummell
2009). As a result, in the case of adversities, vulnerable spaces become the arena of a
K. A. Nakayama (B) · M. S. Machado
PPGTU–PUC-PR, Av. Imaculada Conceicao, 1155-Prado Velho, Bloco Azul, 2o Andar, Curitiba,
Paraná 80215901, Brazil
e-mail: nakayama.katia@gmail.com
M. S. Machado
e-mail: marciomachado80@gmail.com
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_1
3