Explaining successes and failures of river Basin committees in Brazil

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ID6235593
AuthorsLynette Heller (0000-0003-0175-0180, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, corresponding author), Léo Heller
Year2014
Volume8
Issue1
Pages131-137
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBrazilian Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1981-3821 • E-ISSN: 1981-3821
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1981-38212014000100007
OpenAlexW2057870892
SCIELO_PIDS1981-38212014000100007
LanguageEN
References cited11

A new political-institutional framework for water management was inaugurated in Brazil with the promulgation of Federal Law no 9.433 of 1997. The model defined by the legislation was the result of a complex debate between political agents, specialists and service users, and generally received very positive reactions celebrating the fact that Brazil was carrying out a reorganisation of the sector attuned to contemporary global trends – more horizontal, decentralised, participatory and... effective. This model would allow for the environmental, economic, political, social and territorial dimensions of water use to be coordinated all at once. Hence, a river basin is defined as a territorial unit for implementing the water resources policy and a basin committee as a managing body for this territorial unit, with important responsibilities including conflict resolution, approval and monitoring of water resources plans, and setting up of systems for charging for water use

Citizen journalism · Environmental planning · Geography · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Promulgation · Structural basin · Unit (ring theory · Water resources · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · Public Administration · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Water resources management and optimization

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