Análise da importância da educação ambiental na prevenção das enchentes um estudo em Blumenau/SC

Abstract

This work deals with the difficulties of Blumenau, a city in Vale do Itajaí - SC , with regard to the management of floods that hit the city routinely and landslides have already occurred. The study aimed to analyze and describe the environmental problems caused by environmental disasters and recognize the important role of environmental education in the prevention and mitigation of damages caused by floods and landslides. The documentary qualitative research was based on matters of regional newspapers in the digital format, which reported the facts, especially in Blumenau. Municipal and federal agencies involved in the management of these tragedies were also surveyed. Throughout the work, it was noticed that many actions of preventive and curative nature have been held in the city, but the use of Environmental Education for the prevention of disasters is not being exploited as it should, with much to be done in this area and that much help to avoid the suffering of so many people with the repeated disasters they have experienced and continue going.