Main Areas
TOOLS APPLIED TO WATER RESOURCES MANEGEMENT INSTRUMENTS
Given that Federal Law 9.433 of 1997 created five instruments for water resource management: water resource plans, water use rights grants, water use charges, water body classification, and water resource information systems, and considering that these instruments are being implemented in various states and are at different stages of development in each region of the country, there is great potential for their integration, with the aim of making them more effective. For example, coupling granting and charging methodologies can combine the benefits of financial incentives from charging strategies with the effectiveness of user control provided by granting, aiming for greater efficiency in water use. Also, the long-term vision of water resource plans and classification can guide the application of differentiated granting and charging methodologies so that the strategic objectives of the basin are actually achieved. Thus, this research line will seek to develop and implement innovative proposals for evaluating, improving, and integrating water resources policy instruments, aiming to increase the effectiveness of management.
METHODOLOGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENTS
For water resource management, it is necessary to organize, use, and present data and information from diverse sources and make them available in a way that assists in the implementation of management instruments and the decision-making process, considering the characteristics of the National System for Water Resources Management (SINGREH), which presupposes decentralized, participatory, and integrated management. The methodologies to be used and/or produced in the projects are those demanded by the management bodies and are based on simulation models of the physical, chemical, biological, and social reality applied to Watershed Management. The projects should work with innovative methods and models for the development of qualitative and quantitative tools, sedimentometric tools, with geoprocessing interfaces, social technologies, and decision support tools for Water Resources Management. Thus, in this Research Line, the central focus will be on establishing the theoretical, methodological, and conceptual basis that allows the representation and simulation of reality in Watershed Management processes and supports the implementation of water resources management instruments.
The different spheres that encompass water resource management and the understanding of the hydrological cycle as a whole are often not adequately considered, precisely due to a lack of understanding of the issue from a holistic and multidisciplinary perspective. […] this area of concentration is composed of two lines of research that aim to develop new methodologies for more efficient arrangements for water resource management and for the management of risks and critical events.
PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
This research line aims to develop new methodologies to improve institutional models, increase social participation, and enable more effective state regulatory action in water resource management. It intends to encourage research to understand successful water planning and management models and to advance the proposal of adjustments and new models focusing on financial and operational sustainability. For decentralized and participatory water management, it is necessary to ensure social and participatory sustainability for already implemented models or to propose new models, considering: Participatory bodies, Conflict Management, Mobilization, Negotiation and Arbitration, Education for Water Resource Management, and Social Communication. Regarding Water Resource Regulation, it will be fundamental to develop research on methodologies, models, legal and institutional instruments, applied flexibly and in an integrated manner and adapted to reality, that allow for more effective state regulatory action.
WATER SECURITY AND MULTIPLE USES OF WATER
This research line aims to develop methods, models, and legal and social instruments for managing basins with low water availability and for managing risks and extreme events, considering social participation, as well as the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits arising from the water allocation regime and the monitoring of uses and enforcement of regulations. It intends to encourage projects on water pollution, waterborne diseases, degradation of aquatic environments, natural disasters, and extreme hydrological events, addressing the challenges of conceptually integrating these problems into the understanding of spatial and temporal dynamics for the development of models for predicting and managing risks of extreme events. Thus, innovative models for quantifying and modeling critical contamination loads and events in water bodies should be developed to increase the accuracy of pollution load estimates, identify polluting sources and pollution control strategies, and improve the management of critical contamination events, supporting decision-making by management bodies and collegiate bodies of the water management system.
Sources:
UNESP ILHA SOLTEIRA. Linhas de pesquisa do Profágua. Available in: https://www.feis.unesp.br/#!/pos-graduacao/profagua/programa/linhas-de-pesquisa/. Accessed on: 16 mar. 2020.
Main Information
- Level: MsC
- Capes Grade: 4
- Duration: 360 hours
- Campus: Itabira
Coordination
COORDINATOR
José Augusto Costa Gonçalves
jaucosta@unifei.edu.br
ASSISTANT COORDINATOR
Roberto Cezar de Almeida Monte-Mor
rmontemor@unifei.edu.br
Council
- Prof. José Augusto Costa Gonçalves (Coordenador e Presidente do Colegiado)
- Prof. Roberto Cézar de Almeida Monte-Mor (Coordenador Adjunto)
- Prof.ª Ana Carolina Vasques Freitas (Representante docente)
- Giselle Drumond Lage Assis Coura
Secretariat
- Juraci Magalhães Rodrigues
- In-person service: Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
- Opening Hours: 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM and 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
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