Resumo

Disaster is defined by the extent of destruction it can cause in one area, most related to vulnerability. The more vulnerable the area is, the more affected by a disaster, weather is an earthquake or a flood, or even a man-made disaster, vulnerability is a central idea when considering disaster (Storr, Haeffele-Balch & Grube, 2015). Usually, the most affected victims in the disaster scenario are those who cannot defend themselves. This paper aims to understand how a disaster can impact humans and non-humans, the most vulnerable in those type of situations.

The contribution is significant since the study will augment the knowledge of the organizations and individuals in Humanitarian Logistics and help in the decision-making process. The debate of this ideas leads up to the following research question: Who were the actors and how did they interact in the case of the disaster in the city of Petrópolis? How humans and non-humans were affected by the disaster?

Risk Management and Disaster Risk Reduction is not simply a set of defensive measures: they also facilitate positive change (Twigg, 2015). If you have a region that is safer, it tends to have more opportunities, and should have a more sustainable development. Effective actions in Disaster Risk Reduction provides more development benefits, as well as diminishing vulnerability in the long term. Most approaches in disaster management have used the concept of disaster cycle, a conceptual model (see Khan et al., 2008). This is a linear operational model, dividing the cycle into phases.

An in-depth literature review on Disaster risk and vulnerability, Cross-sector Interrelations was conducted to identify critical factors. The data was analyzed in order to identify categories in the speech, although the categories were previously found in the literature as meaningful and important. Disaster risk literature indicates that there are at least three levels of analysis: Actions during the disaster, Recuperating and Prevention. The data was collected throiugh an indepht interiview with participants in the rescues.

The subjects of the research were interviewed using a presented protocol, but in some cases there were a variety of questions included on the spot, using the discretion of the authors, in order to have a better understanding of the situation. Although we were able to categorize the answers in the same way presented by the literature. The people interviewed were involved in both humans and non-humans rescues, there were a variety of histories where the multispecies helped each other out in the process of rescue.

Our paper brings new insights to future research about Disasters and Risk Management. This topic is new in the Brazilian Management research centers and postgraduate programs. The analysis of the Cross-Sector Interactions brings us a deeper and more complex comprehension of the collective action to deal with the Disasters, not only in the action after the tragedies but as prevention too. In this general issue of research, non-human rights, the protection, and safety of non-human rights represent a more advanced and necessary discussion in the Brazilian context as well as globally.

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