Autor(es)

Gomes, Giselly ^{[1, 2]} ; Marchezini, Victor ^{[3, 4, 5]} ; Sato, Michele ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Fed Univ Mato Grosso PPGE UFMT, BR-78060900 Cuiaba, MT - Brazil

^[2] ICEMAT Inst Blind State Mato Grosso, BR-78058340 Cuiaba, MT - Brazil

^[3] Cemaden Natl Early Warning & Monitoring Ctr Nat D, Ave Altino Bondesan, BR-12247016 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil

^[4] Natl Inst Space Res, Doctorate Program Earth Syst Sci, Sao Jose Dos Campos - Brazil

^[5] ICT Unesp Cemaden, Programa Posgrad Desastres Nat, Sao Jose Dos Campos - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE; v. 13, n. 1, p. 38-51, FEB 2022.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

People with visual impairments (PwVI) represent a heterogeneous social group who often experience significant disabling barriers in exercising their rights throughout their life course. Understanding dimensions of vulnerability of PwVI to disasters and climate change is an important issue to reduce the culture of neglected disasters. To date, few studies have analyzed visual impairment and disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. This exploratory qualitative research project analyzed how to include PwVI in the DRR policies of Brazil. The research question is: how can we include PwVI in the discussion of DRR and climate change? The response to this question is part of a joint effort that involved a university, a hazard monitoring agency, and three institutions that work with PwVI. The three main results of the project are: (1) a mapping method to identify the exposure of PwVI to landslides and floods, and to create tactile risk maps tailored to them; (2) incorporating the voices of PwVI regarding their vulnerabilities and capacities with respect to disasters and climate change, achieved through shared interaction during 15 face to face interviews and one workshop attended by 100 people; and (3) an initiative of inclusive education to reduce some of the disabling barriers that intensify vulnerability. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 18/06093-4 - Métodos de pesquisa multidisciplinar em cenários de riscos e desastres: subsídios à formulação de sistemas de alerta centrados nas pessoas e nas multiameaças
• Beneficiário: Victor Marchezini
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Pesquisa