This issue focuses on ways to minimize impact on vulnerable populations living in the Rio de Janeiro's mountainous region, particularly in regards to extreme flooding and devastating landslides. With the spotlight on Rio de Janeiro as a host city of the World Cup and Summer Olympics, government authorities need to protect residents and tourists from disasters and are striving to build resilience by improving land-use planning and implementing best practices in disaster risk management (DRM) to better prepare for climatological hazards. In the wake of the Rio flooding and landslide disaster in 2011, government authorities sought to understand the economic impacts and human losses triggered by extreme hazard events and the underlying causes of disaster risk. A number of DRM interventions, analytical studies, technical assistance, and capacity building activities include four main areas: risk identification; disaster preparedness and response; policymaking; and economic analysis. A culture of disaster risk awareness is growing in Brazil as urban planners are developing integrated and proactive approaches to development by institutionalizing DRM policies and building technical capacities to mitigate disasters. However, even with recent progress, much remains to be done to improve the performance and technical capacity of the institutions to integrate DRM principles into decision-making processes. The frequent and intense natural disasters in Brazil call for substantial investments including: studies to identify the best technologies; strategies for collecting and using data; development of land-use planning and urban policies that incorporate mitigation measures for existing hazards; and avoidance of settlements in high-risk areas.
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Data do documento
2014/03/01
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TIpo de documento
Informativo
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No. do relatório
86519
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Nº do volume
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Data de divulgação
2014/09/30
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Nome do documento
Planificacion para la adaptacion al cambio climatico (CC) : en ciudades pequenas y medianas
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Damage and Loss Assessment;Disaster Risk;geographic information system;risk management strategy;early warning system;urban expansion;municipal authority;disaster preparedness;Public Services;government authority;urban policy;natural disaster;future study;natural hazard;housing sector;disaster type;baseline data;housing area;metropolitan planning;disaster resilience;finance specialist;government ownership;national account;Urban Planning;financial capital;urban landscape;urban poor;flood zone;host city;metropolitan area;million people;contingency plan;analytical study;extreme flood;heavy rain;mountainous region;existing knowledge;hazard map;satellite image;mitigation measure;physical damage;tourist destination;institutional framework;financial incentive;response action;housing program;metropolitan program;
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