Turbulent waters in Northeast Brazil: A typology of water governance-related conflicts

Studart, Ticiana Marinho de Carvalho; Campos, José Nilson Beserra; Filho, Francisco Assis de Souza; Pinheiro, Maria Inês Teixeira; Barros, Luis Silva

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2021.09.014

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“…There is broad consensus that hydro-climatic disasters should not be analyzed solely from a natural sciences perspective, since the human component plays a relevant role in this context (AghaKouchak et al, 2021;Ribeiro Neto et al, 2022;Sivapalan et al, 2011;Walker et al, 2022). This idea contests any narrative that places a hydrometeorological catastrophe as purely a "natural disaster," since anthropogenic actions are now seen as an endogenous component of the hydrological cycle (Di Baldassarre et al, 2019).…”

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“…In regions with low water availability, the construction of small reservoirs is a common strategy for adapting to droughts (Cavalcante et al., 2022; Medeiros & Sivapalan, 2020; Walker et al., 2022). However, if executed without adequate planning, these can alleviate impacts in one part of the catchment and intensify them in other parts (Wanders & Wada, 2015), which can generate internal social tensions (Studart et al., 2021) and discussion related to the effectiveness of these structures (Donchyts et al., 2022). This tension was clearly observed by the authors during fieldwork in the semi‐arid region of Brazil.…”

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Clash of Drought Narratives: A Study on the Role of Small Reservoirs in the Emergence of Drought Impacts

Ribeiro Neto,

Melsen,

Costa

et al. 2024

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In regions characterized by a high concentration of small reservoirs, there is often public debate about the effectiveness of these structures in locally adapting to and mitigating drought impacts, bearing in mind their potential to modify or induce drought events in downstream areas. In this study, we investigated the influence of a Dense Network of Small Reservoirs (DNR) on the emergence and intensification of drought impacts at catchment scale, as well as their local social benefits. This analysis was based on the Socio‐Hydrological‐Agricultural‐Reservoir (SHARE) model, specially developed for this purpose, with a medium‐sized catchment in the semi‐arid region of Brazil as a case study. We identified that, while a DNR can prolong the effects of a hydrological drought on storage in a large strategic reservoir at the catchment outlet by obstructing surface‐runoff connectivity, it plays a crucial role in mitigating drought impacts at a local level. Specifically, the presence of small reservoirs has the potential to boost local agricultural production by up to 5 times compared to scenarios without these structures. In addition, our simulation results suggest there is a notable reduction in the need for emergency water distribution by water trucks in the presence of a DNR. This study highlights the need for a balanced approach to implementing public policies, weighing the local benefits of small reservoirs against the possible downstream impacts on large reservoirs.

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Clash of Drought Narratives: A Study on the Role of Small Reservoirs in the Emergence of Drought Impacts

Ribeiro Neto,

Melsen,

Costa

et al. 2024

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“…In regions with low water availability, the construction of small reservoirs is a common strategy for adapting to droughts (Cavalcante et al, 2022;Medeiros and Sivapalan, 2020a;Walker et al, 2022). However, if executed without adequate planning, it can alleviate impacts in one part of the catchment and intensify them in other parts (Wanders and Wada, 2015), which can generate internal social tensions (Studart et al, 2021) and discussion related to the effectiveness of these structures (Donchyts et al, 2022). This tension was clearly observed by the authors during fieldwork in the semi-arid region of Brazil.…”

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Socio-hydrological perspectives on drought: cycles, narratives and prospects in semi-arid Brazil

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Fighting against, and coping with, drought in Brazil: two policy paradigms intertwined

2022

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In northeast Brazil, fight-against-drought and cope-with-drought have been identified as two different drought policy paradigms. This article aims to examine the persistence, coexistence, intertwining, and evolution of these drought policy paradigms by studying how they inform national policy responses in human-water systems. The questions guiding our research are what do the paradigms of fight-against-drought and cope-with-drought consist of and how did the competing paradigms develop over time? To address these, the research draws on a systematic analysis of policy documents, multiannual strategic plans from 2000 to 2020 (the most recently published), and interviews with key informants. This study found the paradigms evolved with the persistence of the fight-against-drought paradigm with incremental changes of the cope-with-drought. The coexistence of paradigms started in 2004 and was in 2016 that the persistence, coexistence and intertwining of both were established. We use two theories, Hall’s (1993) policy and Lindblom’s (1959, 1979) incrementalism for analyzing the influences drought policy paradigms in human-water systems. This study provides new insights to understand the role of ideas in policy processes empirically showing how drought policy paradigms gradually evolve influencing policy responses.

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Turbulent waters in Northeast Brazil: A typology of water governance-related conflicts

Cited by 12 publications

References 15 publications

Clash of Drought Narratives: A Study on the Role of Small Reservoirs in the Emergence of Drought Impacts

Clash of Drought Narratives: A Study on the Role of Small Reservoirs in the Emergence of Drought Impacts

Socio-hydrological perspectives on drought: cycles, narratives and prospects in semi-arid Brazil

Fighting against, and coping with, drought in Brazil: two policy paradigms intertwined

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