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The workshop
"Natural Disasters
and Impacts on
Road Transport",
held at the National
Department of
Transportation
Infrastructure (DNIT)
on November 24,
enhanced the
exchange of
experience among
directors, from
different areas of the
organ servers and
invited experts .
The event
expanded the
internal discussion
on the prevention
and mitigation of
damage caused by natural disasters, and fostered the
production of methodologies that can be used in cases of
natural disasters and recurring natural disasters. The
workshop is part of a set of feasible actions from the
signing Term Decentralised Implementation (EDI) between
the DNIT and the Federal University of Santa Catarina
(UFSC).
"The government should aim the flexibility that the
private sector demonstrates in decision­making, but we
have to look for ideas with superintendents and
coordination to prepare for the House to act in these
disasters which unfortunately take place," mused the
director DNIT­General, Valter Casimiro.
Reports of experts were punctual and consistent
subsidies contributed, demonstrating that the unpredictable
natural phenomena have occurred more frequently in

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Brazil. In 2011, in the mountainous region of Rio de
Janeiro, 915 people from seven cities died from a force of
storm and unusual dimension. Losses exceeded the
figures of R $ 9 billion.
The listed data and described by the researcher Soraya
Schneider ­ guest speaker who also coordinates the
Medium Group Environment Transport and Logistics
Laboratory (LabTrans / UFSC) ­ show that the natural
disaster occurrences increased 268% in the 2000s
compared to the 1990.
"This workshop is the result of a partnership between
the DNIT and the university for the development of the
National Highway Adaptation Plan De Natural tailors.
There are few studies in this area. It is necessary to
provide the DNIT with instruments for their own planning,
"warned the director of Planning and Research, Adailton
Cardoso Dias.

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Also contributed suggestions directors of Road
Infrastructure, Luiz Antonio Garcia Ehret and Railway
Infrastructure, Mario Dirani. Representatives of the
Ministries of Transport, Science and Technology, and the
National Land Transportation Agency (ANTT) also
attended the event.
The workshop also featured the international LabTrans
consultants, Silvana Croope, Doctor of resilience in
Delaware Transport Department of Transportation, and
Miguel Jaller, UC Davis professor at the University of
California, US. Both presented concepts and brought their
experiences of the impacts of natural disasters on
highways around the world. "They indicated as DNIT may
implement the concepts to minimize the negative impact of
these phenomena on the highways under its jurisdiction,"
said LabTrans coordinator, Valter Tani. "Bring DNIT
resilience concepts for transport infrastructure able to help
decision making before, during and after extreme weather
events is of paramount importance, "said Valter Tani.
The second day of the event (25) was devoted to a
workshop for the domestic audience, which included a
multidisciplinary group of experts for discussion and
deepening of the topics discussed yesterday, such as the
monitoring of slopes in track areas domain. The
discussions were based on the performance of the DNIT
before unforeseeable risks and those preventable.
11.25.2015
ASCOM / DNIT