Management of Disasters and Social Assistance Policy

Abstract

This article reflects on the risk management system in the municipality of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, through actions undertaken by the Social Assistance Policy. It used a plural approach that articulated document analysis to qualitative techniques, such as participant observation. Previously conducted studies about risk were examined as a constructed process that contributed to the intensification of socio-environmental disasters in the region. It found that the lack of integrated and participative planning results in fragmentation of actions, an absence of interdisciplinarity and a gap between administrators, technicians and those affected.