[Excluded mountain populations, unsustainable cities: the enigma of public participation]. / Populações serranas excluídas, cidades insustentáveis: o enigma da participação pública.

By highlighting the extreme event of 11-12 January 2011 in the mountain cities of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an attempt is made to exemplify the triad paradigmatically: contemporary problems / government inability to adapt / low public participation, and highlight the issue with some reflections on the gap between discourse on social participation and its inexistence. The goal is to elicit reflection that generates a polemic regarding the technical nature of the scientific reports produced and thus be able to integrate the overriding question into the set of reflections: How can one plan more resilient locations that are simultaneously socially equitable, have economic vitality, are environmentally compatible and less vulnerable to disasters? The reflections are the result of the analysis of technical and scientific documents.

Populações serranas excluídas, cidades insustentáveis: o enigma da participação pública / Excluded mountain populations, unsustainable cities: the enigma of public participation

Ao destacar o evento-extremo de 11-12 de janeiro de 2011, nas cidades serranas do estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, quer-se exemplificar paradigmaticamente a tríade: problemas contemporâneos/inadaptação governamental/baixa participação pública, e apontar reflexões sobre o fosso entre o discurso pela participação social e a sua inexistência. O objetivo é produzir reflexão que polemize a tecnicidade dos relatórios científicos produzidos e, dessa forma, ser capaz de integrar, ao conjunto de reflexões, a questão maior: como se pode planejar lugares mais resistentes que sejam, simultaneamente, socialmente justos, apresentem vitalidade econômica, sejam ecologicamente compatíveis, e menos vulneráveis a desastres? As reflexões são resultados da análise de documentos técnico-científicos.

By highlighting the extreme event of 11-12 January 2011 in the mountain cities of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an attempt is made to exemplify the triad paradigmatically: contemporary problems / government inability to adapt / low public participation, and highlight the issue with some reflections on the gap between discourse on social participation and its inexistence. The goal is to elicit reflection that generates a polemic regarding the technical nature of the scientific reports produced and thus be able to integrate the overriding question into the set of reflections: How can one plan more resilient locations that are simultaneously socially equitable, have economic vitality, are environmentally compatible and less vulnerable to disasters? The reflections are the result of the analysis of technical and scientific documents.