Cities destruction caused by hydrological disasters with environmental determinants partner and their impact on urban health
Abstract
Background: this article is a case study envitronmental disaster in the Mariana City district named Bento Rodrigues, placed at Minas Gerais Brazilian state, on 11/05/2015, where a break of waste containment dam iron from the... [ view full abstract ]
Background: this article is a case study envitronmental disaster in the Mariana City district named Bento Rodrigues, placed at Minas Gerais Brazilian state, on 11/05/2015, where a break of waste containment dam iron from the mining activity accumulated as mud, devastated the district, killing its inhabitants, and continued as a wave through the Doce River to the Atlantic Ocean, running a distance of about six hundreds kilometers, along which damaged the water supply of several cities, and detonated impact on urban health of all these populations, eliminating existing biological systems with impact on fisheries, a traditional regional economic activity. Methods: the study works with data from the health of the surviving population removed from the said district and the urban population of the river basin hit by the mud. Results: a vision on suffered impacts and renovation programs of social life, animal and plant launched by the local t, state and federal governments, asking about why previous similar disasters were not enough to avoid t a efficient technical solution implementation Implications: In other way, the same disaster type may occur caused by other existing barriers, but a risk reduction plan and new submitted population removal can be implemented through a redesign of the occupation of the Doce River basin, regardless of the now irreversible conditions in the short term. This is an opportunity to coordinate urban planning solujtions and methodology with urban health.
Authors
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jorge castro
(Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/ Fiocruz)
Topic Areas
II. Environmental Health 2.1 Disease mapping 2.2 Assessment of the impact of environmental , II. Urban Health at the intersection of urban environment, social determinants and places , IV. Urbanism, Health and Wellbeing 4.1 Built environment 4.2 Pollution: air, noise, etc , VII. Urban health policies 7.1 Governance and policy frameworks 7.2 Health in all policies
Session
PS-3 » POSTER SESSION 3 (12:15 - Sunday, 3rd April, TBA)
Paper
ICUH2016_Abstract_Submission.docx
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