Flood impact on income inequality in the Itapocu River basin, Brazil

Disasters worldwide tend to affect the poorest more severely and increase inequality. Brazil is one of countries with high income-inequality rates has unplanned urbanization issues an extensive disaster risk profile little knowledge on how those disasters people's welfare. Thus, often hit hardest, increasing country's income inequality poverty rates. This study proposes a method assess impact floods households spatially based their levels by conducting flood analysis analysis. The applied Itapocu River basin (IRB) located in Santa Catarina State, Brazil. assessed rainfall hydrological simulation generating inundation maps. evaluated using downloaded 2010 census data dasymetric approach. Flood information combined analyze flood-impacted level return period. results confirm initial assumption that events IRB are likely lowest-income rather than highest-income levels, thus,