Which is riskier
Life on the floodplain or in housing imposed from above? The case of flood-prone areas in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12243129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Domingos José De Almeida Neto (E-mail, corresponding author), Lynette Heller (0000-0003-0175-0180, E-mail, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 169-182 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Urbanization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-2478 • E-ISSN: 1746-0301 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0956247815613679 |
| OpenAlex | W2317043429 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
Poor communities living in areas at high risk of flooding are often considered by authorities to be victims of their own “choice” in locating their dwellings in such areas. Instead of the government contributing to improving their resilience, the situation can become a way to justify the people’s relocation to areas not susceptible to flooding. The dynamics of living in flood-prone areas are examined here in the context of the Baixada da Habitasa and Seis de Agosto districts in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Analysis of documents and semi-structured interviews with managers and with inhabitants of the districts under study, obtained soon after the last flood (April/May 2014), provide the basis of this study. Situations where people face up to the floods and reject removal to temporary shelters (or the temporary payment of a monthly sum as rent) are explored. This resistance to relocation can be seen even when the state proposes their transfer to permanent housing
Acre · Agroforestry · Archaeology · Cartography · Context (archaeology · Environmental planning · Flood myth · Flooding (psychology · Floodplain · Geography · Government (linguistics · Psychological resilience · Relocation · Resilience (materials science · Resistance (ecology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Vulnerability to flooding
Fluvial flood risk management in a changing world
The implications of complexity for integrated resources management
Cities, disasters and livelihoods
Environment and Urbanization
Linkages between vulnerability, resilience, and adaptive capacity
Revisiting urban health and social inequalities
From theory to practice
Drainage and stormwater management strategies for low-income urban communities
Flood risk in unplanned settlements in Lusaka
Vulnerability of poor urban coastal communities to flooding in Lagos, Nigeria
Risk society
Resilience
Empoderamento e participação da comunidade em políticas sociais
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |