Rains in Brazil: social representations and practices
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https://doi.org/10.5007/%25xAbstract
The risks issue has earned worth within Social Sciences because the undesirable effects which they have in the social production of modernity. One of the possible approaches is that one which considers risks as belonging to an objective reality, although their definition and respective strategies to deal with them can be different. In face of the exposed above this study aims to analyze disasters related to rains in Brazil, considering some sociocultural aspects of the affected population. Faced with rain and flood risks the affected populations hardly communicate their experiences to the experts and emergency managers. They work bureaucratically along vulnerability assessment and have resistance to accept community capacity for risk identification and prevention measures proposing. Aware about this context, this article focuses on some sociological fundaments regarding the viewpoint and beliefs about dangers and risks which shape the condition for the society to face damages currently, through a case study analysis from the municipality of São Carlos (SP), Brazil. Keywords: perception of natural disasters; Sociology of Risks; natural disaster management.Downloads
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2005-01-01
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