The management of water resources in a basin requires knowledge of the conflicts over these. In this sense, the analysis of environmental vulnerability in river basins is an important tool in strategic environmental planning. ...

Results to recent ruptures of iron ore tailings dams in Brazil, there was an intensification of the need to propose alternatives for the use of these structures using especially to increase water security, to preserve ...

The supervised model of socioeconomic development, associated with accelerated population growth and the need to attend to various human activities evidenced in a complex panorama of pollution in water bodies, which directly ...

Floods are natural events typical of rainy seasons, which occur annually in several Brazilian cities. However, due to climate change, these events are occurring more frequently in urban areas, as their effects can be ...

Incorrect disposal of waste and miscellaneous waste can cause significant environmental damage, including the contamination of soils and water resources. These materials may contain chemical substances with toxic ...

The Brazilian management of water resources faces different types of barriers. Among these, there is the flow of information between the entities of the system. For several times, rivers basin committees do not have free ...

Conflicts for a particular good only manifest themselves from the moment that it becomes scarce, or rather, its availability is no longer able to meet the needs of users. The degradation of water resources puts future ...

The discharge of urban and industrial effluents into the waters without adequate treatment, as well as the transport of sediments, mainly from agricultural areas, have altered the availability of water in quality and ...

Understanding the influences of soil use and occupation on water resources is a challenge faced in last years. Brazilian water resources management develops over time supported by a very strong legal basis, but without ...