Governança da Água e aprendizagem social no Subcomitê da Bacia Hidrográfica Cotia-Guarapiranga - Região Metropolitana de São Paulo / Water governance and social learning in the watershed subcommittee Cotia-Guarapiranga metropolitan region of São Paulo

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This research analyzes the participatory process that preceded the creation of the Specific Law for the Guarapiranga Basin (Law nº. 12.233 of 16/01/2006), emphasizing aspects of water governance and social learning. The analysis was based on the experience of the watershed subcommittee Cotia-Guarapiranga (SCBH-CG) in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (MRSP). In the negotiation process for the approval of this law, representatives of the segments of the Government, state and local governments of municipalities of the basin, and civil society were involved from 1999 to 2006. This experience demonstrated the challenges of a process of negotiation among different stakeholders and their interests in water use that affect the availability of water in the Guarapiranga basin, which supplies about 4 million people in the MRSP. The results show that, although the process has been characterized by many moments of tension, conflicts, uncertainties and institutional delays, it represented a significant advance in the consolidation of the integrated system of water resources management in the basin. It should be noted also that although outcomes may seem modest, considering the existing challenges, they represent an important progress in terms of its scope to strengthen democratic and shared management of water resources. In this context, the conclusion is that participatory democracy in water governance is a process of social learning that has been improved gradually to reach more sustainability.

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governança da água. gestão compartilhada de recursos hídricos. participação social. aprendizagem soc water governance. shared management of water resources. social participation. social learning.

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