Conflicts over Water Resource Management in Brazil: A Case Study of Inter-Basin Transfers

Rocine Carvalho () and Alessandra Magrini

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2006, vol. 20, issue 2, 193-213

Abstract: Developing countries such as Brazil, with limited track-records in dealing with environmental conflicts on a participatory basis, or whose legal frameworks establishing water resource management practices have been introduced only recently, need mechanisms that streamline and strengthen democratic negotiating and decision processes. Increasingly common worldwide, transferring water is developing into a specific source of disputes whose solutions are becoming significant, particularly in the developing countries. This paper analyzes the application of the strategic choice methodology in a dispute over transferring water between two river basins, which is a situation not covered by specific legislation in Brazil. This analysis leads to the conclusion that the application of this methodology is particularly relevant in cases such as this, where decisions are taken on an incremental basis over time, within a context of political, administrative and legal uncertainties. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2006

Keywords: conflict resolution; river basin management; inter basin transfers; strategic choice; transfering water (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-7377-3

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