Abstract
Santa Catarina in Brazil is affected by adverse climatic events such as floods, flash floods, landslides, windstorms, tornadoes and coastal erosions. Floods have caused fatalities and major damages to infrastructure and continue to do so routinely. Many people live in high-risk areas of coastal flooding and landslides and without a robust risk management, mitigation and adaption strategy, communities are prone to major disasters and displacement. Problems related to lack of city planning, lack of integrated urban drainage networks and lack of robust infrastructure networks are blamed for poor city resilience. Governments are known to react rather than plan and prevent. Lack of transparency, political interference, governance and institutional fragility of local administrations are blamed for not implementing long-term city-planning measures. This paper examines the policy framework and the governance structure that is in place to improve the resilience of the infrastructure projects. Literature review, case studies and action plans for the region provide an understanding of the current debate. It establishes the need for joined up integrated coastal and land zone management and governance solutions to be implemented by all stakeholders.
| Original language | English |
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| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Nov 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | International Conference on Professionalism and Ethics in Construction 2018 - London South Bank University, London, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Nov 2018 → 22 Nov 2018 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Professionalism and Ethics in Construction 2018 |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | London |
| Period | 21/11/18 → 22/11/18 |
| Other | The aim of the conference was to provide an opportunity for prospective authors to review knowledge on professionalism and ethics and how it relates to the construction process and practices in different countries, with the view to making proposals of actions which can be taken to improve the situation. The objectives of the conference were to: 1. review the state of the construction professions in different countries, and the implications of this state of affairs 2. consider the importance of ethics in construction, current state of adherence to ethics in countries and implications of the present situation 3. discuss what can be done to develop the professions and practitioners to enhance professionalism, ethics, and the industry’s image. |
Keywords
- Governance
- Transparency
- Resilience
- Santa Catarina– Brazil
- Infrastructure
