Lima, Daniela de Freitas.; LIMA, DANIELA.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5704765424100500; LIMA, Daniela de Freitas.
Resumo:
Sometimes the access to water is hampered by the low rainfall that affects certain regions, such
as the Brazilian semiarid one. However, this problem is more complex when there are
governance failures, which requires robustness in the structures that idealize and execute
actions in the political, economic, social and environmental spheres, considering different
scales of water resources planning. In this sense, this research aims to analyze the association
of the effectiveness of negotiated allocations with the robustness of water governance in river
basins of different scales. For doing that, documents and legislation from the national, state and
river basin spheres were collected; participant observations were carried out at meetings and
events promoted by the National Water Resources Management System, including negotiated
water allocation meetings; the water governance of these basins was analyzed from the
robustness structure; negotiations and agreements of the Apodi-Mossoró (BHAM) and Piancó-
Piranhas-Açu (BHPA) river basins were evaluated based on key effectiveness factors; the
association between the effectiveness of the agreements and the robustness of water governance
in those river basins was verified. BHPPA's water governance showed to be more robust than
that of BHAM, due to the number of actors, the complexities of its components and the
interactions between them. Negotiations and agreements for the two river basins showed good
compliance with the key factors of effectiveness, but were not completely effective, with greater
effectiveness in the BHPPA. The effectiveness of the agreements presented as an intrinsic
relationship with the robustness of water governance, since it was noted that effective
agreements generate robustness and robustness contributes to these. Negotiated water
allocations have proven to be management tools that improve water governance and the way
socio-ecological systems overcome disruptions, but they require improvements to fully realize
their potential.