O tratamento jurídico dos desastres urbano-ambientais na perspectiva da sociedade de risco: o caso do Vale do Reginaldo em Maceió/AL

Abstract

This dissertation addresses the risk society in the context of urban- environmental risks and their legal treatment, to evaluate the state practice validation of organized irresponsibility in matters of urban- environmental risks. For this, it begins by presenting the case of Vale do Reginaldo , a region located in the city of Maceió/AL , which includes a number of features typical of the legal texts and doctrinal names " risk area" , sometimes called "poor community" or "favela" . Among these characters is the massive human interference in natural processes, the low purchasing power of the population and the periodic occurrence of environmental disasters. Examines the site since its abiotic system to the human system, including the history of population density of the region, in order to analyze the recent interventions Vale Reginaldo’s Revitalization Program, which integrates the activities of the Union , State and City . Each took loved some basic responsibilities, which should be integrated and contribute to the mitigation of flood risks , slip and landslides , safeguarding the population that currently inhabits housing risk . Years before this project, others were developed and proceeded to the mapping of risk areas in the region. Presented the case, is considered the legal treatment of urban and environmental risks from the international context to the content of constitutional legislation, noting the ineffectiveness in the case of several standards exposed . The theory of risk society, modeled initially by Ulrich Beck , and evaluated in the third part of the work , is the basis to explain and justify the observed situations .