| Author | Almeida Neto, Domingos José de | |
| Author | Heller, Leo | |
| Access date | 2022-07-26T19:34:54Z | |
| Available date | 2022-07-26T19:34:54Z | |
| Document date | 2016 | |
| Citation | ALMEIDA NETO, Domingos José de; HELLER, Léo. Which is riskier: life on the floodplain or in housing imposed from above? The case of flood-prone areas in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Environment and Urbanization, v. 28, n. 1, p. 169-182, 2016. doi. 10.1177/0956247815613679 | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 0956-2478 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/53995 | |
| Sponsorship | COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DE PESSOAL DE NÍVEL SUPERIOR | pt_BR |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing | pt_BR |
| Rights | restricted access | pt_BR |
| Title | Which is riskier: life on the floodplain or in housing imposed from above? The case of flood-prone areas in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1177/0956247815613679 | |
| Abstract | Poor communities living in areas at high risk of flooding are often considered by authorities to be victims of their own “choice” in locating their dwellings in such areas. Instead of the government contributing to improving their resilience, the situation can become a way to justify the people’s relocation to areas not susceptible to flooding. The dynamics of living in flood-prone areas are examined here in the context of the Baixada da Habitasa and Seis de Agosto districts in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Analysis of documents and semi-structured interviews with managers and with inhabitants of the districts under study, obtained soon
after the last flood (April/May 2014), provide the basis of this study. Situations where people face up to the floods and reject removal to temporary shelters (or the temporary payment of a monthly sum as rent) are explored. This resistance to relocation can be seen even when the state proposes their transfer to permanent
housing | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Acre. Rio Branco, AC, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Subject | Acre | pt_BR |
| Subject | disaster | pt_BR |
| Subject | flooding | pt_BR |
| Subject | vulnerability | pt_BR |
| Subject | risk | pt_BR |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 01 Erradicação da pobreza | |
