STRUCTURING OF DETENTION AND RETENTION RESERVOIRS AS A PROTECTION AND CIVIL DEFENSE ACTION AGAINST FLOODS

Abstract

This article seeks to point out alternative solutions to municipal governments to deal, within their urban zoning, through the structuring of detention and retention reservoirs as a civil protection and defense action, recommended by the National Policy for Civil Protection and Defense (PNPDEC), in the face of floods, seen as disasters that affect many victims and cause great losses. The authors, through a bibliographic and documentary research, approach the theme in a qualitative way, using the view of authors specialized in the triangulated areas, thus justifying the proposed idea, trying to solve the problem presented, where it was concluded that in fact alternative structural engineering measures, related to reservoirs can, when of interest to the Government,  avoid and minimize the effects of disasters that occur, through the installation of these in cities.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.031-085