Information for the disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Municipality of Maricá (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
Contextualizing
This web map is part of the development research that aims to provide a mapping platform for official and collaborative data, within the scope of disaster risk reduction (DRR), as this type of catastrophic events is increasing its frequency of ocurrence in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in the last years. The municipality of Maricá is the pilot area of interest (AOI). The reader can also visit the dynamic map of this same area of interest at uMap.
The mapping and development of the collaborative platform are coordinated by Dr. Raquel Dezidério Souto (IVIDES.org), in cooperation with a group of mappers of the YouthMappers UFRJ. To keep contact, please, send an email to ivides@ivides.org or answer this form.
The web map is being developed in WordPress and Leaflet Map and the initial list of layers is showed below. The web map has some background layers (WTMS) aplicable to this case (DRR mapping): OpenStreetMap, HOT-OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap), * OpenTopoMap* and Esri World Imagery.
Initial layers
Areas subject to inundation and flash floodings – Freitas & Freitas (2022) – in progress
Areas subject to mass movements – Freitas & Freitas (2022) – in progress
Churches and temples – IBGE (2022 Demographic Census); OpenStreetMap – in progress
Classification of the coast in terms of vulnerability to coastal erosion – Lins-de-Barros (2005) – in progress
Clinics and health posts – IBGE (2022 Demographic Census); Maricá Municipal Health Department (2024); OpenStreetMap – in progress
Geological alert and alarm stations (EAAG) – Secretariat of Protection and Civil Defense of Maricá (2024) – COMPLETE (07 Feb. 2024)
Hydrants – Rio de Janeiro State Fire Department (2024) – in progress
Hydrological alert and alarm stations (EAAH) – Secretariat of Protection and Civil Defense of Maricá (2024) – COMPLETE (07 Feb. 2024)
Hydrological monitoring stations - Secretariat of Protection and Civil Defense of Maricá (2024) - in progress
Hospitals – IBGE (2022 Demographic Census); Maricá Municipal Health Department (2024); OpenStreetMap – in progress
Hotels and inns – IBGE (2022 Demographic Census); OpenStreetMap – in progress
Meteorological monitoring stations - Secretariat of Protection and Civil Defense of Maricá (2024) - in progress
Schools (public and private) – IBGE (2022 Demographic Census); Maricá Municipal Education Department (2024); OpenStreetMap – in progress
Villages; Localities – OpenStreetMap – in progress
SDG 2030
This research is related to the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - 2030 Agenda:
Data source references
Corpo de Bombeiros Militar do Rio de Janeiro
Freitas, Alessandra C. de; Freitas, Fabíola S. de. Prática educativa voltada à redução dos riscos e desastres hidrológicos da cidade de Maricá, RJ. In: SOUTO, R.D. (org.). Gestão ambiental e sustentabilidade em áreas costeiras e marinhas: conceitos e práticas. Vol. 2. Cap. 22. Rio de Janeiro: IVIDES.org, 2022. 768 p. Disponível em: https://ivides.org/livros.
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - IBGE.
Lins-de-Barros, Flavia Moraes. Risco e vulnerabilidade à erosão costeira no município de Maricá. Dissertação de Mestrado – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2005. Disponível em: http://objdig.ufrj.br/16/teses/648563.pdf.
Maricá Municipal Department of Education - RJ
Maricá Municipal Department of Civil Defense and Protection - RJ