Percepção dos riscos de movimentos de massa no bairro Engenho Pequeno - São Gonçalo/RJ

Abstract

The slope dynamics presents natural processes such as mass movements, considered remarkable in the evolution of the slope. However, in urban areas these processes can generate disasters, in different degrees of intensity due to vulnerability, whether physical and/or social to which the population is exposed, a consequence of the absence of effective public policies for risk prevention. The municipality of São Gonçalo, located in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, has had a high number of landslides in recent decades, with consequences not only of the economic, but social and environmental spheres. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the perspective of risks of landslides jointly, not only in physical and/or natural bias, but also socially. Having the previous perception of residents of areas considered at risk and understanding how they perceive the problem, make actions more accurate in mitigating accidents involving landslides. This research aims to investigate the perception of risk by residents who live or have witnessed this phenomenon in the neighborhood Engenho Pequeno - SG, which in a decade (2009-2019) presented about 58 occurrences. The investigation was carried out based on the social methodology – (i) Exploratory phase; (ii) Fieldwork and (iii) Treatment and analysis of data, being qualitative in nature. And it was verified through the analysis of the data, which was a hypothesis at the beginning of this project, the existence of a misstep between the technical information about risk of landslides in the neighborhood and the perception of residents, As much as the presence of resources to reduce risk is identified, a portion of the interviewees showed not being informed, about 59% of the residents say they are not aware of the signs of the possibility of triggering a landslide, and 58% said they are suspicious of civil defense information, 91.9% consider the landslide dangerous, but 97.3% reported not seeing actions by the city to reduce risks, which reveals disarticulation between residents and local public officials.