In the last years, have been increase the frequency of natural disasters in Amazon,
concomitantly whit the need of estimate the economic losses these events, in order of define
strategies to regional development. This work have the objective of check what is the type and
intensity of 2009 floods impacts, considered the major already registered in Amazon, to the
increase of municipal Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The methodology was the linear
correlation analysis between the economic performance (calculated whit base in observed and
expected GDP to years of 2009 to 2012) and two sets of variables: qualitative (municipalities
hit by floods, type of flood, state of localization) and quantitative (GDP, geographic size,
population, GDP per capita, population density, Indices of Municipal Human Development,
average income, indices of human poor and Gini, as well as income and budget transfers to
municipalities). The results bring which the fast flood are the which more affect the long term
economic increase, constituting a potential problem to development. The means strategies to
be adopted are the inclusion of natural disasters mitigation actions in plan of economics
increase and to sustainable development of Amazon.
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