(In)visibilities About the Vulnerabilities of People with Visual Impairments to Disasters and Climate Change:A Case Study in Cuiabaá,Brazil  

作　　者：Giselly Gomes Victor Marchezini Michele Sato 

机构地区：[1]Federal University of Mato Grosso(PPGE/UFMT),Cuiaba,MT 78060-900,Brazil [2]ICEMAT-Institute of the Blind of the State of Mato Grosso,Cuiaba,MT 78058-340,Brazil [3]Cemaden-National Early Warning and Monitoring Center of Natural Disasters,Avenida Altino Bondesan,Distrito de Eugenio de Melo,Sao Jose dos Campos,SP 12247-016,Brazil [4]Doctorate Program on Earth System Science,National Institute for Space Research,Sao Jose dos Campos,Brazil [5]Programa de Pos-Graduaao em Desastres Naturais,ICT/Unesp-Cemaden,Sao Jose dos Campos,Brazil

出　　处：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》2022年第1期38-51,共14页国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：the Sao Paulo Research Foundation–Fapesp (Grant Number 2018/06093-4).

摘　　要：People with visual impairments(PwVI)represent a heterogeneous social group who often experience significant disabling barriers in exercising their rights throughout their life course.Understanding dimensions of vulnerability of PwVI to disasters and climate change is an important issue to reduce the culture of neglected disasters.To date,few studies have analyzed visual impairment and disaster risk reduction(DRR)in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.This exploratory qualitative research project analyzed how to include PwVI in the DRR policies of Brazil.The research question is:how can we include PwVI in the discussion of DRR and climate change?The response to this question is part of a joint effort that involved a university,a hazard monitoring agency,and three institutions that work with PwVI.The three main results of the project are:(1)a mapping method to identify the exposure of PwVI to landslides and floods,and to create tactile risk maps tailored to them;(2)incorporating the voices of PwVI regarding their vulnerabilities and capacities with respect to disasters and climate change,achieved through shared interaction during 15 face to face interviews and one workshop attended by 100 people;and(3)an initiative of inclusive education to reduce some of the disabling barriers that intensify vulnerability.

关 键 词：Brazil Climate injustice Disaster risk Environmental education Inclusive education Sight impairment 

分 类 号：P467[天文地球—大气科学及气象学] X4[环境科学与工程—灾害防治]