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Alternative Systems for Water Security in the Brazilian Semiarid Region

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The Brazilian semiarid region faces the challenge of guaranteeing water security for rural communities, especially with the COVID-19 outbreak. The chapter presents how small-scale water system initiatives like the 1 million Cisterns Program and the Freshwater Program contribute to the access to water, pointing out its strengths and weaknesses. The methodology consisted in a thorough document analysis. These programs adopted a posture of coexistence with the drought and included rural populations as protagonists in the planning, installation and monitoring processes of the systems. Their continuity depends on the government’s willingness. Although they ease regional structural problems, they do not solve them.

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  1. Department of Public Management, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil

    José Irivaldo Alves Oliveira Silva

  2. Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Pilar Carolina Villar

  3. Santos University, São Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Luiza Machado Granziera

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    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Fac. of Biol. and Agricultural Sciences, University of Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico

    Noé Aguilar-Rivera

  3. Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN, USA

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  4. College of Business, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

    Paulo R. B. de Brito

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Silva, J.I.A.O., Villar, P.C., Granziera, M.L.M. (2023). Alternative Systems for Water Security in the Brazilian Semiarid Region. In: Leal Filho, W., Aguilar-Rivera, N., Borsari, B., R. B. de Brito, P., Andrade Guerra, B. (eds) SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region. Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91188-1_108-1

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