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Landslides in Rio de Janeiro: Actions Before and During the Rain

This article discusses the reality of landslides in the city of Rio de Janeiro and proposes a set of measures for disaster risk reduction. It highlights the importance of collaboration between the public sector and civil society in order to increase resilience and enhance preparedness. The article also mentions various initiatives, such as meteorological systems, geological risk mapping, alert and alarm systems, partnerships, and community training, that can help mitigate the impact of landslides.

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Landslides in Rio de Janeiro: Actions Before and During the Rain

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  1. LANDSLIDES IN THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO ACTIONS BEFORE AND DURING THE RAIN DESLIZAMIENTOS EN LA CIUDAD DEL RÍO DE JANEIRO ACCIONES ANTES Y DESPUÉS DE LA LLUVIA

  2. THE RIO DE JANEIRO CITY’S REALITY LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAP AREA: 1.255 km2 POPULATION: 6.320.000 2017 - around 6,5 million MAPA DE SUSCETIBILIDAD - 35% oftheareaconsistsofmontainsandhills - More than 1 millionpeople living in informal settlements (mostofthemonslopes) - Rainfallaverage 1.200mm/yearwithoccasional 300mm/24h or 100mm/h peaks

  3. MORRO DOS PRAZERES - 2010 - Rainof more than 300mm in 24h in manypluviometers - 30 fatal victims in this point (67 in thewholecity, allvictimsfromlandslides in slopes)

  4. SO, WHAT CAN WE DO ? ENTONCES, ¿QUÉ PODEMOS HACER?

  5. A SET OF MEASURES FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION First of all it is important to understand there is no one isolated action that will make our city safer A SET OF MEASURES, INVOLVING THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE CIVIL SOCIETY ARE NECESSARY PARA REDUCIR LOS DESASTRES ES NECESARIO UN CONJUNTO DE ACCIONES

  6. ACTIONS SEARCHING FOR RESILIENCE METEOROLOGICAL SYSTEM METEOROLOGICAL SYSTEM GEOLOGICAL RISK MAPPING OPERATIONS CENTER OPERATION CENTER PREPARED COMMUNITIES PREPARED COMMUNITIES ALERT AND ALARM SYSTEM ALERT AND ALARM SYSTEM VOLUNTEER GROUPS PLANS (MasterPlanandContingencyPlans) PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERSHIPS network training research technology knowlegde etcetc

  7. METEOROLOGICAL SYSTEM WHEATHER FORECAST CITY HALL’S RADAR RAIN/PRECIPITATION MONITORING PLUVIOMETERS (RAIN GAUGE) • 33 pluviometers in formal areas • 83 pluviometers in thecommunities Updatedevery 15 min - Operates 24/7 SISTEMA ALERTA RIO (website andapp) http://alertario.rio.rj.gov.br/

  8. RIO OPERATIONS CENTER INTEGRATED ACTION OF VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS INTEGRACIÓN DE VARIAS INSTITUCIONES

  9. PREPARED COMMUNITIES FORMATURA GERAL DO PROJETO NUDEC Since 2010, more than 7.000 Local Agentstrained Desde 2010, más de 7.000 Agentes Locales entrenados

  10. SIREN SYSTEM (alertandalarm) FORMATURA GERAL DO PROJETO NUDEC

  11. ALERT AND ALARM SYSTEM * Installed in 103 communities (GEO-RIO’s risk mapping) LIVE SMS FOR THE POPULATION VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION UP TO 1 million profiles in a crises

  12. ACTIVATION AND MOBILIZATION PLANS RISK MAP OF ONE AREA Mapeamiento de riesgo de una favela

  13. RESIDENTS TRAINING SimulatedExercisesofevacuation

  14. STUDENTS TRAINING SimulatedExercisesatPublicSchools

  15. PARTNERSHIP Workshop in New York in November 2016

  16. THANK YOU! GRACIAS! MARCELO ABELHEIRA marceloabelheira@gmail.com www.rio.rj.gov.br/web/defesacivil

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