GEOGRAPHICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO IDENTIFY RISK AREAS IN MANAUS-AM

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https://doi.org/10.36026/rpgeo.v10i1.7325

Abstract

This research sought to identify, through literature review, works carried out regarding risk areas in the city of Manaus-AM, in view of the recurrent alert situations in the city regarding this vulnerability, there was a need to organize works that deal with the same theme of areas of risk covering floods, erosion processes and landslides with the intention of offering a better accuracy of the published works and indicating the points more vulnerable of risk and their causes. For this, the methodology followed the bases of bibliographical research seeking analysis of the different positions on the same theme, thus, the main objective of this research is the literature review of results of studies that contributed to the identification of risk areas in Manaus, being the specific ones to be ) group the types of risks by result and b) prepare thematic map of risk areas in Manaus based on the results of the surveys. One of the results is that the east zone is the most affected among the processes of risk areas and with the highest number of registered cases, in addition to the Mindu Hydrographic Basin being the most reported in the studies.

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Gabriele Figueira Santana, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

Licenciada em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM (2021); realiza mestrado na Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM) com ênfase na linha Domínios da Natureza e especialização na Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEA) com ênfase em Geografia Física. Tem experiência na área de Geomorfologia urbana, atuando principalmente em áreas de risco e vulnerabilidade socioambiental. 

Neliane Sousa Alves, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

Bacharel em Geologia pela Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM (1987), Mestre em Geologia pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG (1992) e Doutora em Geografia (Geografia Física) pela Universidade de São Paulo - USP (2013). Atualmente é Professor Associado da Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - UEA e professora do Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Gestão e Regulação de Recursos Hídricos - PROFÁGUA. Tem experiência na área de Geociências, com ênfase em Geografia Física, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Geomorfologia Fluvial, Riscos Geológicos, Geomorfológicos e Hidrológicos, Estudos de Bacias Hidrográficas.

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Published

30/04/2023

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023): EDIÇÃO ESPECIAL GEOGRAFIAS DA AMAZÔNIA BRASILEIRA

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