Documentos e informes

Search a new paradigm for drought management in Northeast: drought monitor : Monitor de Secas do Nordeste, em busca de um novo paradigma para a gestão de secas (English|Portuguese)

Challenges of social management of public irrigation perimeters : an evaluation of experiences in Northeastern Brazil : Desafios da gestão social dos perímetros públicos de irrigação : uma avaliação de experiências no Nordeste do Brasil (Portugués)

Brazil - Living with the semi-arid and proactive drought management in Northeast Brazil : a new perspective : Living with the semi-arid and proactive drought management in Northeast Brazil : a new perspective (Inglés)

The majority of Northeast Brazil falls within the semi-arid zone, an area that is defined by both a minimal amount of annual rainfall (i.e., 800 millimeters per year on average) and a concentration of...

Dam safety in Brazil : when engineering serves society (Inglés)

Over the course of history, dams have captivated the interest of society at large. Used to store large amounts of water, dams are also constructed to control flood waters and generate hydroelectricity...

Brazil - Living with the semi-arid and proactive drought management in Northeast Brazil : a new perspective : Convivência com o Semiárido e Gestão proativa da seca no Nordeste do Brasil: Uma nova Perspectiva (Portugués)

The majority of Northeast Brazil falls within the semi-arid zone, an area that is defined by both a minimal amount of annual rainfall (i.e., 800 millimeters per year on average) and a concentration of...

Dam safety in Brazil : when engineering serves society : Segurança de Barragens no Brasil: Engenharia de um serviço da sociedade (Portugués)

Over the course of history, dams have captivated the interest of society at large. Used to store large amounts of water, dams are also constructed to control flood waters and generate hydroelectricity...

Dam safety in Brazil : when engineering serves society : La seguridad de las presas en Brasil : ingenieria al servicio de la sociedad (Español)

Over the course of history, dams have captivated the interest of society at large. Used to store large amounts of water, dams are also constructed to control flood waters and generate hydroelectricity...

Impacto das mudanças do clima e projeções de Demanda sobre o processo de alocação de água em Duas bacias do nordeste semiárido (Portugués)

The Water Series Brazil is the result of joint work over the past years by the World Bank and its national partners. It raised and discussed key issues for solving some of the major problems of water resources...

Transferencia de agua entre bacias hidrograficas (Portugués)

This edition of Agua Series Brazil presents an analysis on projects of water transference between hydrographic basins. Projects implemented in Brazil and in diverse parts of the world are discussed, and...

Impactos e externalidades sociais da irrigacao no semi-arido Brasileiro (Portugués)

This edition of Agua Series Brazil discusses social impacts and externalities of irrigation in semi-arid Brazil. In the context of the debates on the future role of the Government in the development of...

Modelos de gerenaciamento de recursos hidricos : analises e propostas de aperfeicoamento do sistema do ceara (Portugués)

This edition of Agua Series Brazil includes: an introduction to the work, approaches to and characteristics of problems encountered, and specific and general objectives of research and development; the...

Water, poverty reduction and sustainable development : Agua, reducao de pobreza e desenvolvimento sustentavel (Portugués)

The report - the fourth in a series - consolidates the work developed in the last eighteen months by the Bank's water resources and sanitation team, and discusses some of the impending challenges within...

Water, poverty reduction and sustainable development (Inglés)

The report - the fourth in a series - consolidates the work developed in the last eighteen months by the Bank's water resources and sanitation team, and discusses some of the impending challenges within...

Sistemas de suporte a decisao para a outorga de direitos de uso de agua no Brasil (Portugués)

There is an increasing consensus in Brazil on the importance of water use rights, as an instrument critical to the adequate implementation of the National Policy on Water Resources. International experience...

Recursos hidricos e saneamento na Regiao Metropolitana de Sao Paulo : um desafio do tamanho da cidade (Portugués)

The report illustrates the dramatic situation of water resources in the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region(SPMR): the region has extremely low disposable water resources per person, comparable to the driest...

Estrategias de gerenciamento dos recursos hidricos no Brasil : areas de cooperacao com o Banco Mundial (Portugués)

Water resources management has gone through a global modernization process, intensified during the last ten years, particularly following discussions, and launching of international forums, and principles...