Disasters as a national civil defense system vulnerability: the Brazilian case

Authors

  • Norma Valencio Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Sociais em Desastres e PPG em Sociologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCar Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Engenharia Ambiental, Universidade de São Paulo - USP
  • Arthur Valencio Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Sociais em Desastres, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Univ. Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_18_13

Keywords:

Disasters, civil defense, sociology of disasters.

Abstract

This paper focuses, through a sociological analysis, the official data about the most frequent disasters in Brazil in the past seven years (2003-2009). It also intends to identify, using five different variables, the institutional vulnerability, which means, the socio-political dimensions and limits of the National Civil Defense System to manage disasters. The results points, in political terms, that the authorities remain unprepared due the absence of an accountability ethics.

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Published

2011-07-29

Issue

No. 18 (2011): Affirming the Cindinics Sciences

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