2017-04-202017-04-202013-08-15LISBÔA, Tamires de Fátima Pinto. Vulnerabilidade e capacidade de resposta à ameaça de inundação na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Paracuri, Belém - PA. 2013. 111 f. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Belém, 2013. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia.https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/8224In the river basin Paracuri, located in the continental midwest in Belém, the increase in rainfall between the months of December and May has allowed flooding in lowland area of the basin and consequently flooding in homes and businesses installed in the area , loss and damage. In this perspective, the threat of flooding in the basin Paracuri, this thesis aims at identifying and analyzing Vulnerability and Responsiveness in this area of the basin. To study the threat were carried out the documentary survey of the occurrence of floods in the basin, the generation of Digital Terrain Model, morphometric analysis of the basin, the sedimentological and comparison of urban and green areas in the basin's study had Vulnerability as the spatial unit of analysis, the census tracts, within which were conducted fieldwork with photographic survey and filling out spreadsheets environmental characterization that supported the identification of vulnerabilities Structural, Financial and Social; for the study of the capacity response was evaluated the presence of response units schools and hospitals or health units also by census tract. The analysis allowed the classification of sectors as Vulnerability in High, Medium and Low and the Capacity of Existing and Response Nonexistent.Acesso AbertoBacias hidrográficasInundaçõesVárzeasRecursos naturaisAvaliação de riscos ambientaisControle de inundaçõesVulnerabilidadeRisco ambientalBacia Hidrográfica do Rio Paracuri (Belém, PA)DissertaçãoCNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::GEOGRAFIA