Abstract

GONZALEZ, Denise  and  COSTA, Alexander da. Risk perception and vulnerability analysis from high school students in Nova Friburgo RJ experience after natural disaster 2011. GOT [online]. 2016, n.9, pp.187-211. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2016.9.009.

Intense rainfall in the range of a few hours, caused a number of landslides slopes and/or flood rivers in the mountainous region of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, especially in the Nova Friburgo municipality in January 2011. Based on the experience of high school students in the 1st year of two colleges of the state schools in this municipality, this research will use the fact that this region has suffered this extreme event. The students’ perception of risk was analyzed through their own experience and,using the geography contents for their series and Google Earth applicative, they elaborated a risk area map. Afterwardsthe results found in both schools were compared and confronted withthe city data on the subject. Furthermore, analysis of the population vulnerability was done from thematic maps based on IBGE census (2010).

Keywords : Natural Disaster; Risk perception; Geography Learning; Risk area; Vulnerability.

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