Banca de DEFESA: MARIANA OLIVEIRA DA COSTA

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STUDENT : MARIANA OLIVEIRA DA COSTA
DATE: 16/11/2020
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: https://meet.jit.si/Defesadedisserta%C3%A7%C3%A3odaMariana-mestradoemgeografia
TITLE:

PERCEPTION OF RISKS TO FLOODS IN RIO BOTAS: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE RESIDENTS OF COMENDADOR SOARES AND OURO VERDE, IN NOVA IGUAÇU (RJ)

KEY WORDS:

Risk perception; Flood; river Botas.

PAGES: 120
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Geografia
SUMMARY:

The accelerated and disordered urbanization process of many Brazilian cities can generate a series of socio-environmental problems for the population, as well as many challenges for the institutions responsible for management, planning and spatial planning. Changes in the geomorphological patterns of rivers, the removal of riparian forest, the occupation of the river bank, pollution and contamination of river channels all contribute to the process of degradation of water resources. This degradation scenario can accelerate the frequency and intensity of natural events associated with floods. Therefore, when talking about the floods that occur in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, we understand that this is an urban socio-environmental problem that causes a series of consequences and damages for the affected population. In Nova Iguaçu, municipality belonging to the RMRJ, it can be said that the interaction of natural and anthropic factors contributes to the occurrence of floods. The city registers high pluviometric indexes in the summer period and is inserted in a geomorphological context of lowlands, presenting many flooded areas that have been deforested for urban occupation. In this sense, the river Botas, one of the main rivers in the municipality, is hit annually by flood events and suffers from the impacts related to urban occupation on its banks, waste disposal and discharge of raw sewage. Based on this question, the main objective of this research is to analyze the risk perception of the floods of the residents who live in the section of river Botas located between the Comendador Soares and Ouro Verde, in Nova Iguaçu. The methodology is divided into five stages, where we first build a State of the Art on the theme that involves the perception of risk to floods and research on the Botas River. In a second step, we held a discussion on the concepts used in the theoretical reference (risk, risk perception, vulnerability, resilience, watershed, flood, flood, flooding and natural disaster). In the third moment, a characterization and contextualization of the study area was carried out, through the analysis of social and natural aspects (geomorphology, hydrography, coverage and land use, climatology). In the fourth stage, field work was carried out to conduct interviews with residents who live in near of the river Botas located between the Comendador Soares and Ouro Verde. The fifth stage constituted the process of analyzing the perception of risk of residents based on the methodology of Textual Discursive Analysis (DTA) by Moraes and Galiazzi (2006; 2016), in which the results and discussions were presented. It can be considered that the residents perceive the risks of flooding, many report in their speeches that they feel “fear” when it starts to rain. However, despite the risk of flooding, factors related to tranquility and opportunities in the neighborhood contribute to a feeling of identity and affective connection with the place and between neighbors, showing that there is an acceptance of the risk.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1613566 - CRISTIANE CARDOSO
Interno - 3056583 - CLEBER MARQUES DE CASTRO
Externo à Instituição - LEONARDO DOS SANTOS PEREIRA - UFRJ