Planejamento dos recursos hídricos: análise da qualidade democrática com foco na comunicação
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2019-01-22
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Fernandes, Simone Alves
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Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
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Law No. 9,433 / 1997 established the National Water Resources Policy (PNRH), which, among other changes, defined the river basin as a territorial unit, created the river basin committees and defined the management instruments. Among these instruments, there are the Water Resources Plan (PRH, in Portuguese) and the classification of water bodies. The elaboration of both instruments must rely on the participation of public authorities, users and communities in the construction of a collective agreement on the water use. This involves mobilizing these actors and creating conditions for the information’s production and circulation, debates and decision-making - always from a democratic perspective. In other words, it is necessary to launch a broad communication process, with different strategies, means, and tools to reach different audiences and society in general. This process must allow the various actors to have access not only to information but also to effective dialogues channels that enable conflicts to be faced regarding the different uses of water resources and to seek consensual solutions. The purpose of this article is to investigate the relationship between communication and the democratic quality of water resources planning processes. For this, we have taken as a study object the hydrographic basins of Santa Maria da Vitória (SMV) and Jucu, both rivers of Espírito Santo. Using the qualitative and descriptive methodology, we have analyzed the documents produced in the mentioned planning activities. And we have conducted interviews with relevant stakeholders. Data analysis was carried out considering the authors who have dealt with communication and social mobilization in the perspective of citizenship. We also have considered Brazilian legal guidelines and international institutions for participation in water resources management. The analysis results pointed out to a communication centered on the mass media, without articulation with the levels of group and personal communication to amplify the mobilization. Unidirectional flows prevail, including the use of New Communication Technologies. Despite the proposal to involve the various actors, there are no investments in languages other than those of a technical-scientific nature, as well as the construction of the basin identity using symbolic elements is disregarded. With this research, we hope to contribute to the democratic quality of the processes of elaborating classification and PRHs in the dimension related to communication.
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Recursos hídricos , Communication in mobilization , Democratic quality of participatory processes , Santa Maria da Vitória basin river , Classification and water resources plan , Gestão democrática , Folkcomunicação , Comunicação e mobilização , Rios Santa Maria da Vitória e Jucu , Enquadramento e plano de recursos hídricos