A gestão de riscos e desastres como parte integrante da política de proteção dos bens culturais de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

Many goods protected as we know it today, were saved due to disasters and the proper management of the same. Lisbon in 1755 experienced a major catastrophe that modified your territory. Interventions performed by public managers at the time of the earthquake are examples of early disaster risk management. Two centuries have passed until another adverse event, this time of global proportions entail the creation of an organ back to prevent new disasters happen: the United Nations, the United Nations. Since then, numerous actions and structures began to appear, always seeking to avoid the risks. At the same time also in the 20th century, the protection of cultural heritage in Brazil was standardized and became a public policy. The protection of heritage and disaster risk management are subjects with high affinity. Both seek to protect and prevent exposure to risks, minimizing factors that may interfere with the integrity of the protected object. In larger scales, as in the world heritage has been the integration of these policies. This work discusses in municipal sphere, based on the heritage property in Belo Horizonte this integration is performed.