Conceitos e soluções para a crise hídrica: inovações e construção de pactos

Abstract

There is a world water crisis. Many regions are threatened by water extremes: droughts and floods. The world population continues to grow, with it demands for food, energy, goods and services. Climate change is part of this day-to-day confrontation. There is a need to broaden the world awareness of these facts, it is also necessary to publicize the possibilities and innovations available to face this scenario, as well as to strengthen the participation of water users and society in the debate and referral of solutions to the serious water crisis. This thesis contains a wide bibliographic review on the subject and presents as a result the importance of water management to incorporate in its actions the technological innovations and participation of users of water and society as a fundamental element for the advances of the proposals to confront the water crisis.