Contents

The Evolution of Water Resources Management in Brazil

The Road to the Present

Overview of Water Resources

General Aspects
Water Resources in Hydrographic Regions
Water Availability and Uses
Socio Economic Aspects
Basic Sanitation Indicators
Multiple Uses of Water
Agriculture and Irrigation

Hydroelectric Power
Waterway Transport
Fishing and Aquaculture
Tourism and Leisure

Conclusions

Maps

Figure 1
Climatic units of Brazil
Figure 2
Evolution of Anthropic Influence on Native Vegetation
Figure 3
Division of Brazil into Geographic Regions
Figure 4
Brazilian Hydrographic Regions, Percentages of the Area’s Population and Mean Discharge in Relation to the Country as a Whole
Figure 5
Percentage Distribution of Water Demand in Brazil
Figure 6
Mean Discharge per Inhabitant in the Hydrographic Regions of Brazil in 2000
Figure 7
Demographic Density in the Hydrographic Regions of Brazil in 2000
Figure 8
Specific Mean Discharge in the Hydrographic Regions of Brazil
Figure 9
Infant Mortality in the Hydrographic Regions of Brazil in 2000
Figure 10
Annual GDP Per Capita in the Hydrographic Regions of Brazil in 1999
Figure 11
HDI in the Hydrographic Regions of Brazil in 1996
Figure 12
Urban Domiciles with Piped Water and Indoor Plumbing in the Hydrographic Regions of Brazil in 2000
Figure 13
Urban Domiciles served by Sewerage Systems in the Hydrographic Regions of Brazil in 1999 (PNAD)
Figure 14
Percentages of Treated Urban Sewage, per state (National Sanitation Study, IBGE, 2000).

Appendices

Salvador Declaration
Decree Nr. 27,576, of November 11, 1987
Dublin Principes
Objetives of the National Water Resources Policy
Law Nº 9,984, of July 17, 2000

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