Resumen

ULTRAMARI, Clovis  y  FUKUDA HAYAKAWA, Iuri. Natural disasters: the paradox between adversities and potentialities in urban management. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.47, pp.99-121. ISSN 2448-6183.

Following a theoretical discussion, we present a discussion on potentialities involving natural disasters in urban areas based on two case studies in Brazil. The case studies showed that if communities involved in adversities demonstrate a suffered conquered awareness, governmental agents still have a long way to proceed. Despite increasing research on natural disasters and their impacts, attention to their paradoxical potentialities is poor. The results presented here are to be further scrutinized, but authors already run the risk to verify the hypothesis: adverse situations may unleash potential instruments for positive urban transformations. We are aware of the paradox such idea may reveal.

Palabras llave : natural disaster; urban management; social vulnerabilitys.