Building disaster prevention capacity in a continental scale country: the trajectory and experience of the Geological Survey of Brazil

Kuhlmann, Leandro G.; Miyamoto, Mamoru; Lana, Julio C.; Antonelli, Tiago

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-386-7-2024

Articles | Volume 386

https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-386-7-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-386-7-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 386

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19 Apr 2024

Post-conference publication |

| 19 Apr 2024

Building disaster prevention capacity in a continental scale country: the trajectory and experience of the Geological Survey of Brazil

Leandro G. Kuhlmann, Mamoru Miyamoto, Julio C. Lana, and Tiago Antonelli

Data sets

Estimativas da Populacao Residente para os Municipios Brasileiros com data de referencia em 1 de julho de 2021, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/sociais/populacao/9103-estimativas-de-populacao.html?=&t=downloads

Escola Virtual em Numeros: Dados Abertos National School of Public Administration https://emnumeros.escolavirtual.gov.br/dados-abertos/

Short summary

This paper shares the results achieved by the educational programs in disaster management by the Geological Survey of Brazil. We managed to reach thousands of people interested to learn more about disaster management by adopting an asynchronous distance learning platform, we and discuss the political and legal framework of disaster management in Brazil, that define our current challenges. We hope our results are helpful and motivating to other individuals and institutions.