WATER MANAGEMENT AND IMPORTANCE IN NORTHEASTERN SEMIARID

Authors

  • DAMIÃO CARLOS FREIRES DE AZEVEDO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2012.2992

Abstract

The water, besides being a social necessity and an essential resource to living things, it lacks the wider attention regarding its management. A committed management and to ensure both social justice and environmental sustainability around the water is needed, however the local commitment is key in this process. Several changes in the legislation on water resources in Brazil have occasioned changes in the management of these policies. These changes culminated in the creation of River Basin Committees as a way to democratize the system, since the committees are deliberative bodies considered in discussion forums.

Keywords: Water Resources, Public Participation, Water Management.

Author Biography

DAMIÃO CARLOS FREIRES DE AZEVEDO

Geógrafo, Especialista em Educação pela Universidade Estadual da Paraíba – UEPB; Mestre e Doutorando em Recursos Naturais pela Universidade Federal de Campina Grande – UFCG. 

Published

2012-04-10

How to Cite

DE AZEVEDO, D. C. F. (2012). WATER MANAGEMENT AND IMPORTANCE IN NORTHEASTERN SEMIARID. POLÊM!CA, 11(1), 74 a 81. https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2012.2992

Issue

Section

QUESTÕES CONTEMPORÂNEAS