Abstract:
Currently there is a diversity of phenomena that have manifested themselves in cities, causing
disasters, one of which is urban flooding. Thus, the research has urbanism as its broad area of
study, urban impacts as a topic and urban flooding as the focus. The research case study is the
Costa do Sol neighborhood – Q30, in the Municipality of Maputo, chosen due to its location,
which has a history of flooding. The objective of the research was to carry out an
investigation into the risk of flooding in the Municipality of Maputo, BCS – Q30, and
propose the promotion of urban resilience through risk management integrated into urban
planning. In the research methodology, interviews were used, as part of qualitative and
quantitative research, observation and bibliographic review. The research method was
divided into four stages: the first addresses an analysis of the geographic and social index of
flood risk using a geographic information system (GIS) that allows the aggregation of
information associated with social, economic and environmental indicators, as well as ,
territorial comparison; the second concerns the analysis of the social perception of flood risk
through a social survey to collect information and knowledge of the population about flood
risk; the third concerns the elaboration of an urban and social diagnosis and the fourth
addresses the results and conclusions. Having carried out the study on block 30, it was
concluded that the non-urbanized area has a high level of risk, exposure and vulnerability and
the urbanized area has low levels of risk and vulnerability, despite being exposed.
