DROUGHT DISASTER IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL

Abstract

Droughts make up a dominant reality and present until the present day with the same intensity the past, representing a social disaster since the seventeenth century. In the semiarid region of Northeast, droughts, while physical phenomenon constitutes a disaster of natural order. The impacts of semiaridez represent centuries, a framework of risk to its population. The lack of efficient management increases the risk of threats, falling directly in the process of social construction of risk, ie, the consequence of environmental degradation in the region is related to the dependence on natural resources, increasing deforestation, erosion and loss of soil fertility, siltation of waterways and desertification. The research literature is of order, organized through reference works, books of readings currents, articles and journals. The aim is to highlight the importance of knowledge of a risk event to encourage the development of appropriate strategies to prevent or minimize their negative impacts on the development of risk management. Among all vulnerabilities, vulnerability water was the most representative.

Keywords: risk,vulnerability, semiarid