This minor field study has explored what factors cause vulnerability to community members living in informal settlements exposed to localized urban flooding. Particularly, the effects of flooding that women living in Bwaise Parish III, Kampala, Uganda have to encounter were studied. Eight weeks were spent in Kampala, Uganda for field work, which included interviews and a workshop with community members from Bwaise Parish III, interviews with scientists at Makerere University and thesis writing. Generally, small-scale disasters surface because of poor urban management. The results showed that inadequate urban planning was affecting the poor that were living on marginal lands. Bwaise Parish III had emerged on a location that was both hazardous and unhealthy. The analysis showed that poor people were limited in their options of risk limitation because of their lack of basic capabilities. Women in Bwaise Parish III were affected by flooding directly and indirectly through the loss of livelihoods and belongings and through time spent getting water out of their houses. Women were generally disproportionally affected by flooding because of their vulnerabilities such as lower socioeconomic status and responsibilities that confined them to their homes. The way forward in order to mitigate localized flooding impacts would entail reducing vulnerabilities, strengthening capabilities and developing infrastructure. / Denna Minor Field Study har undersökt vilka faktorer som orsakar sårbarheter för samhällsmedlemmar som bor i informella bosättningar som exponeras av småskaliga  översvämningar. Det som studerades var effekterna av dessa översvämningar och hur kvinnor i Bwaise Parish III i Kampala, Uganda drabbades. Åtta veckor tillbringades i Kampala för fältarbete som innehöll intervjuer och en workshop med samhällsmedlemmar från Bwaise Parish III, intervjuer med forskare vid Makerere Univeritetet samt uppsatsskrivande. Generellt sätt så brukar småskaliga katastrofer uppstå på grund av dålig stadsförvaltning. Resultaten visade att bristande stadsplanering påverkade de fattiga som levde på marginella marker och att Bwaise Parish III låg på en plats som var både farlig och ohälsosam. Analysen visade att fattiga människor var begränsade i sina möjligheter att minska sina risker på grund av att de saknade grundläggande förutsättningar. Kvinnor i Bwaise Parish III påverkades av översvämningar både direkt och indirekt genom förlusten av försörjningsmöjligheter och tillhörigheter och genom att de var tvungna att spendera tid med att få bort vatten från deras hem. I allmänhet drabbas kvinnor oproportionerligt av översvämningar på grund av deras sårbarhet såsom lägre socioekonomisk status och ansvar som begränsar dem till deras hem. Vägen framåt för att minska småskaliga översvämningar och konsekvenser skulle innebära att minska sårbarheten för samhällsmedlemmarna, öka deras förutsättningar och utveckla en fungerande infrastruktur.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:57:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LiaCM_DISSERT_ate_92.pdf: 4577928 bytes, checksum: 525c39cdfe373d6970611ea51723e8c8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-09 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This research approaches the issue of accessibility in informal settlements, seeking for the challenges and limits defined by informal urban settings, about the application of accessibility parameters. Take the empirical universe as the Conjunto Santa Terezinha, located in Fortaleza- Ce. Initially, the study presents a reflection about the housing issue in Brazil and the informal settlementes in view of the Right to the City. In this sense, the main references are, the works of Suzanne Pasternak (2008), Nabil Bonduki (1998) and Erminia Maricato (1996-97), among others. Follows with the discussion of the concepts and classifications of this type of settlement, making a content analysis of legislation and regulations relating to accessibility and proposed the discussion of the accessible route as the right strategy for the city. In another step, the methodology of 'walking together' created by Dischinger (2000) was applied in a passage previously chosen, which the researcher follows the disabled person during the journey through city making records like photos and video. The comments and perceptions are compared to the spatial analysis of urban morphology, made from the method of Del Rio (1990) and Panerai (2006), and the parameters of NBR 9050. Knowledge of the area is enriched by the methodology of the production of space made by Henri Lefebvre in his book 'The production of space' (1974) with these categories: space conceived, perceived and lived. Another key reference of this author it s the book 'The Right to the City' (991), which allowed in-depth reflections on the social function of town. In conclusion, the study finds that to guarantee a minimum access conditions in informal sittlements it?s necessary to know the specifics of their morphology, their relations and urban practices in view of the visitability- experiencebility, describing it as complementary concepts / A presente pesquisa aborda o tema da acessibilidade em assentamentos informais, buscando identificar desafios e limites definidos por configura??es urbanas informais ? aplica??o de par?metros de acessibilidade. Toma como universo emp?rico o Conjunto Santa Terezinha, situado em Fortaleza-Ce. Inicialmente o estudo apresenta uma reflex?o sobre a quest?o habitacional no Brasil e a produ??o do espa?o informal na perspectiva do Direito ? Cidade. Nesse sentido, s?o refer?ncias principais os trabalhos de Suzana Pasternak (2008), Nabil Bonduki (1998) e Erm?nia Maricato (1996-97), entre outros. Segue com o debate acerca dos conceitos e classifica??es desse tipo de assentamento, fazendo uma an?lise do conte?do da legisla??o e normativa referente ? acessibilidade e prop?e a discuss?o da rota acess?vel como estrat?gia para o direito ? cidade. Em outra etapa, foi aplicada a metodologia do passeio acompanhado criado por Dischinger (2000) num trecho previamente escolhido, no qual a pesquisadora acompanha a pessoa com defici?ncia durante o percurso urbano e o registra atrav?s de fotos e v?deo. Os coment?rios e percep??es s?o comparados ? an?lise espacial da morfologia urbana, feita a partir da metodologia de Del Rio (1990) e Panerai (2006), e aos par?metros da NBR 9050. O conhecimento da ?rea ? enriquecido pela metodologia de an?lise da produ??o do espa?o feita atrav?s da metodologia de Henri Lefebvre em seu livro A produ??o do espa?o (1974) nas categorias: espa?o concebido, percebido, e vivido. Outra refer?ncia fundamental desse autor ? o livro O Direito ? Cidade (991), que possibilitou o aprofundamento das reflex?es sobre a fun??o social da cidade. Concluindo, o estudo constata que para garantir um m?nimo de condi??es de acesso em ?reas informais ? necess?rio conhecer as especificidades de sua morfologia, de suas rela??es e pr?ticas urbanas na perspectiva da visitabilidade-vivenciabilidade, entendidos como conceitos complementares