Improving Access to Water Resources through Rainwater Harvesting as A Mitigation Measure: The Case of the Brazilian Semi-Arid Region

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adélia De Melo Branco ◽  
João Suassuna ◽  
Semira Adler Vainsencher
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Mitigation Measure ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Remote Sensing Based Analysis of Recent Variations in Water Resources and Vegetation of a Semi-Arid Region

Water ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 6039-6055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaowei Ning ◽  
Hiroshi Ishidaira ◽  
Parmeshwar Udmale ◽  
Yutaka Ichikawa
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals An environmental analysis of the acaraú river basin, Brazilian northeastern region

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-123
Author(s):  
Vanda Claudino-Sales
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Environmental Analysis ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Hydrographic Basin ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Regional Authorities ◽  
Semi Arid

The rivers and their watersheds are fundamental elements of socioeconomic activities. In this article, we analyze the hydrographic basin of the Acaraú River, situated in the northeast of Brazil, from its geoenvironmental aspects, based on the perspective of the geosystem. In this perspective, a geoenvironmental picture of the hydrographic basin in question is presented, as well as the environmental problems that characterize it, postulating the need to carry out this type of survey to define the basin as a fundamental planning unit. The Acaraú River basin has particular characteristics, since it is located in a poor and extremely populous semi-arid region, which results in socio-environmental stress, whose main consequence is the environmental degradation of the fluvial course. The regional authorities need to be aware of the geoenvironmental elements raised in order to reverse this framework of socio-environmental degradation of water resources and to allow territorial growth based on sustainable development.

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