Groundwater and the Right to Water in a Context of Crisis

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ID3755071
AutoresPilar Carolina Villar (0000-0002-7222-1609, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume19
Fascículo1
Páginas85-102
Data de publicação2016-03-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmbiente & sociedade (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-4422asoc150126r1v1912016
OpenAlexW2336383550
SciELOS1414-753X2016000100006
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas16

The water crisis tends to intensify the use of groundwater, which supplies almost half of Brazilian population. Despite that, its management is precarious. The article analyses the role of groundwater and its management in the current context of water crisis and forward the need to ensure the human right to water. The methodology used is the documentary analysis of literature, legislation, international documents and governmental reports. The fragilities over management and the private appropriation of groundwater threaten water security. The water crises focus in the idea of scarcity stimulates the quest for new sources but does not face the structural flaws of the management models. So the use of aquifers reflects the same problems that have allowed the degradation of surface waters, which is aggravated by the hidden character and the irregular exploration

Agriculture · Appropriation · Aquifer · Business · Crisis management · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Groundwater · Legislation · Political science · Population · Scarcity · Social science · Sociology · Water resource management · Water resources · Water scarcity · Water security · Engineering · Environmental Science · Human Rights and Development · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · Water Governance and Infrastructure

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