Water and sanitation in Brazil: conflicts, appropriation, and environmental injustice
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https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v62i0.89421Keywords:
conflicts over water, environmental injustice, access to water, sanitation, social participationAbstract
This article addresses conflicts over water use, new parties' appropriations of the sanitation sector, and the conditions of climate injustice that have been generated based on the new legal framework and in the context of climate change. The analysis was done under the Sustainable Development Goal 6 lens: “Ensure access to water and sanitation for all”. The Brazilian water and sanitation legal framework has been affected by constant changes in the past decade. The universalization of public water supply and sanitary sewage services has not yet been reached, and the distribution of sanitation in the territory is unequal among populations and regions, with access prevailing in urban centers to the detriment of populations living in peripheral neighborhoods of metropolitan regions. It's necessary to understand the issues considering the theory of conflicts over water use and climate justice. Added to these problems are drought events and the water governance crisis; thus, the inclusion of climate change and climate adaptation in the sanitation agenda is essential so that access to water and sanitation can be guaranteed for all.
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