THE ADAPTIVE ASPECT OF WATER GOVERNANCE IN BRAZILIAN WATER SYSTEMS
Keywords:
governança adaptativa, sistemas hídricos locais, complexidade, incertezas, análise multinívelAbstract
Water resources are subject to different types of disturbances, and these can have considerable impacts on the social and ecological dimensions of systems. Therefore, there is a need to build adaptive water governance, making it possible to manage the effects caused by stresses. As systems are not isolated and issues are different for different levels of planning, a consistent analysis of governance must consider a multilevel perspective. Thus, the adaptive character of water governance in the legal and institutional dimensions was analyzed at four distinct levels of a spatial scale. Content analysis was used to find in the documents the presence of indicators that favor the development of adaptive governance. At different levels, many aspects were found that suggest a capacity for adaptation. The governance analyzed at the level of the local water system in the Epitácio Pessoa Reservoir was shown to enhance adaptation due, above all, to the process of negotiated allocation of water in progress. However, it is necessary to also direct attention to the implementation of the analyzed rules so that the impacts of water governance prepared to deal with uncertainties and complexity can be perceived.
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