El escenario político-institucional brasileño y australiano relacionado con la gestión del agua

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https://doi.org/10.5585/2025.25216

Palabras clave:

seguridad del agua, gestión sostenible de los recursos hídricos, participación de los interesados, análisis institucional, gestión urbana y territorial

Resumen

Objetivo: Comparar analíticamente el funcionamiento de los procedimientos institucionales relacionados con la gestión de los recursos hídricos en Brasil y Australia.

Metodología: Este artículo presenta una caracterización de los escenarios político-institucionales de la gestión del agua en Brasil y Australia a través de una revisión bibliográfica y análisis documental. A continuación, los escenarios son comparados a través de un análisis matricial FODA, destacando las fortalezas, debilidades, oportunidades y amenazas.

Originalidad/Relevancia: Esta investigación tiene como objetivo llenar un vacío teórico sobre cómo las partes interesadas de territorios en países en desarrollo y desarrollados influyen en la toma de decisiones para una gestión ambiental más sostenible, tomando la gestión del agua como un ejemplo aplicado.

Resultados: Los resultados muestran que ambos países cuentan con legislación que prescribe procesos de toma de decisiones descentralizados y participativos, pero su implementación no garantiza la gestión democrática de los recursos hídricos. Además, la implementación y el cumplimiento de la legislación en Brasil y Australia se encuentran en diferentes etapas y alcances. El escenario institucional brasileño muestra una débil capacidad en la implementación y ejecución de la ley de aguas en relación a la australiana, que tiene un sistema de gestión más desarrollado, donde la sociedad participa más proactivamente en la gestión que en Brasil.

Contribuciones sociales/de gestión: este enfoque de diagnóstico puede respaldar el examen de otros escenarios de gestión ambiental al presentar patrones institucionales de un territorio y demostrar algunas causalidades de cómo sus arreglos pueden resultar en una capacidad estatal alta o baja.

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Biografía del autor/a

Nicole Santos Accioly, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - PUCPR / Curitiba, Paraná – Brasil

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering (2017), Master's degree (2019), and PhD (2024) in Urban Management, all from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná. Curitiba, Paraná – Brazil 

Harry Alberto Bollmann, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Paraná - PUCPR / Curitiba, Paraná - Brasil

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (1983), Master's degree in Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitation from the University of São Paulo (1986), and PhD in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2003). Tenured Professor at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, working with the Master's and PhD programs in Urban Management, as well as the undergraduate Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering courses. Curitiba, Paraná – Brazil

Robert Faggian, Deakin University / Melbourne – Burwood Campus, Victoria – Australia

PhD from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (2002). Associate Professor of Climate Change Adaptation at the Centre for Regional and Rural Futures at Deakin University. Victoria – Australia 

Victor Sposito, Deakin University / Melbourne – Câmpus Burwood, Victoria – Austrália

Civil Engineer with an MPhil in Regional Planning and Urban Design from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Honorary Professor of Strategic Spatial Planning at Deakin University (Centre for Regional and Rural Futures), Australia, and ORT University, Uruguay. Victoria – Australia 

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2025-01-06

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Accioly, N. S., Bollmann, H. A., Faggian, R., & Sposito, V. (2025). El escenario político-institucional brasileño y australiano relacionado con la gestión del agua. Revista De Gestão Ambiental E Sustentabilidade, 14(1), e25216. https://doi.org/10.5585/2025.25216
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