Brazil

Although Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, it has a relatively low number of natural hazards. However, its exposure to natural hazards has increased relative to other countries because of insufficient preventive actions in the past

Primeiro Plano de Ações em Proteção e Defesa Civil do Município de Vinhedo.

Decreto que Cria o Comitê Cidade Resiliente para gestão da Campanha Cidades Resilientes - UNDRR - e elaboração do Plano Local de Resiliência.

Disaster risk warnings have been issued by the National Centre for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (Cemaden) to municipalities susceptible to floods and landslides in Brazil since December 2011. A survey of the end-users was developed in

Brazil faces a complex scenario of natural hazards, essentially as a direct result of its size, diversity and both its natural and social heterogeneity. In 2011, massive landslides were triggered by extreme rainfall that caused the so-called “mega

In urbanized plains that are subject to flooding, the socioeconomic aspects, climate characteristics, built environment, and riverine processes exhibit bi-univocal relationships with the flood formation itself, creating a pattern of development without a

Climate change has had serious consequences at global and local levels and has required more effective scientific studies and management measures for disaster risk reduction strategies. In this sense, public managers should consider strategies that

The state of Paraná in the south of Brazil has recorded a significant increase in the number of disasters over the years, as well as the other Brazilian states. Since 2012, with the implementation of the National Protection and Civil Defense Policy (PNPDC