A fuga para trás: um estudo sobre o retorno às zonas de risco de cheias por parte da população do distrito de Chókwè

Abstract

Throughout this paperwe seek to understandthe relationship thatcan be established betweenthe perception of flood risk and the return of people to risk areas. We study the reality of the people of the district of Chókwè; as an area devastated by the floods of 2013, it is noted that after there settlement of their victims, they returned to those areas in the post flood period. Looking cherish lay knowledge accumulated and put into practice in the daily life of individuals-in the light of the concepts of knowledge stock and motivations appealed the phenomenology of Schutz. These concepts allow us to understand the process of construction and attribution of meaning in the context of flood risk and rationality in return to risk areas. Explore the subjectivity of respondents using a qualitative approach; On the other hand, we appeal to the inductive method and the phenomenological reduction to address the experiences of respondents. Work with data of the literature, documentary and information collected using semi-structured interview administered along with 19 people identified based on conventional sample. The interpreted data show that the experiences of the floods experienced by respondents, are reduced the loss and destruction. And these are the basis of the construction of two types of construction risks: the potential for victimization and flood losses and mis fortunes. According to these data, the return to risk areas is motivated by the lack of favorable conditions in safe areas (resettlement); what makes people opt for return to areas of origin (vulnerable), even being aware of the risk. We conclude that the satisfactions of basic survival needs are the main factor that determines the return of the population to areas that they themselves acknowledge to beat risk.