Encostas, extremos climáticos e riscos: um estudo da irresponsabilidade organizada nas ocupações irregulares na Região Serrana do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Abstract

The hypothesis proposed in this doctoral research is the need to rethink the concept of organized irresponsibility, derived from the work of the german sociologist Ulrich Beck, on the grounds of the reality of the city of Teresópolis, located in the mountainous region of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where a tragedy occurred in January 2011. It will also consider the discussions involving the repeal of the Brazilian Second Forest Code by the law 12.651/2012, particularly those concerning the so called permanent preservation areas on the tops of hills, river bands and slopes with an inclination angle higher than 45 degrees. The hypothesis of this thesis is that organized irresponsibility should be reconsidered, given the need to explain the legal organization of recognized risks by political processes. Includes, also, the analysis of situations in which, even on the existence of legal rules validly issued and enforceable, persists the omission in the management of disciplined risks. This research, with a critical analysis of the theory of the risk society and the concept mentioned above, considers studies, reports and other documents relating to the local tragedy and the current forest legislation.