%0 Journal Article %T Gest£¿o de desastres e pol¨ªtica de assist¨ºncia social %A Santos %A R¨²bia dos %J Revista Kat¨¢lysis %D 2012 %I Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina %R 10.1590/S1414-49802012000100003 %X this article reflects on the risk management system in the municipality of blumenau, santa catarina, through actions undertaken by the social assistance policy. it used a plural approach that articulated document analysis to qualitative techniques, such as participant observation. previously conducted studies about risk were examined as a constructed process that contributed to the intensification of socio-environmental disasters in the region. it found that the lack of integrated and participative planning results in fragmentation of actions, an absence of interdisciplinarity and a gap between administrators, technicians and those affected. %K socio-environmental disasters %K social assistance policy %K social work. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1414-49802012000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en