The use of geothechnology for the analysis of prospective risk management: diseases and the occurrence of flooding by rainfall in Santa Catarina state. South of Brazill

Authors

  • Lilian Elizabeth Diesel
  • Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud Ometto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_23_2

Keywords:

Risk management, geotechnology, epidemiology of disasters, flooding

Abstract

This research aims the exploratory data analysis of infectious diseases, such as acute diarrhea syndrome and leptospirosis with flooding by rainfall that occurred in the State of Santa Catarina, during the period from 2008 to 2012. The research
shows that the use of geotechnology associated with prospective risk management contributes to the definition of interventions in order to minimize the occurrence of diseases in cases of floods by rainfall.

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Published

2016-11-03

Issue

No. 23 (2016): Risks, Health and Society

Section

Articles

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