O plano diretor resiliente e as políticas públicas anti-desastres: um estudo sobre a (des)prevenção no caso de Governador Valadares/MG

Abstract

The recurrence of human, environmental, and property damage that affects so many municipalities as a result of natural weather events brings to light the need for reflection on the adoption of preventive measures that can mitigate this type of urban problem, so frequent in tropical countries such as Brazil, especially impacted by a history of floods and inundations during seasonal periods of rainfall. Therefore, this work is based on exploratory, bibliographical, and interdisciplinary research, as well as on the development of a case study, taking as the empirical basis of analysis the Municipality of Governador Valadares/MG, chosen as a sample due to its frequent exposure to risks during the flood period of the Doce River. Thus, the monograph investigates whether the master plan in cities with urban resilience profiles, as intended in art. 41, item VI, of the City Statute, serves as a tool for the implementation of anti-disaster policies, in order to promote the prevention of damage in municipalities susceptible to natural disasters. As a hypothesis, the premise was sustained that the resilient master plan is an indispensable tool for the effectiveness of urban policies for the containment of natural disasters, corroborating the implementation of the National Policy for Civil Protection and Defense, and that its omission or lack of implementation, as verified in the case studied, is a harmful factor to the ecologically balanced environment, thereby violating the principle of prevention.