The role of small-scale hydraulic infrastructure in transforming hydrosocial territories in a catchment in Ceará, Brazil

Gasmi Hela, de Freitas Vieira Letícia, Kuper Marcel, Passos Rodrigues Martins Eduardo Sávio, Burte Julien. 2024. The role of small-scale hydraulic infrastructure in transforming hydrosocial territories in a catchment in Ceará, Brazil. Water Alternatives, 17 (1) : 46-72.

Résumé : This paper analyses the central role of water infrastructure in the transformation of hydrosocial territories through a case study in the Forquilha catchment in Brazil's Nordeste. Decentralised state-led infrastructural development reinforced the resilience of communities to drought, leading to more sustainable water access by many families; this was further magnified through individual and collective initiatives. However, this entailed the overdevelopment of small-scale hydraulic infrastructure and the formation of small community-based hydrosocial territories, which changed water flows and social relations at different scales. We show how this has led to the loss of hydraulic connectivity and the fragmentation of the catchment and how it has weakened collective action vis-à-vis the state. The state staged a remarkable interventionist comeback in the catchment by connecting medium-sized reservoirs in the upstream part of the catchment to urban water supply networks. In the absence of negotiated water reallocation, this may lead to the loss of water and livelihoods by vulnerable groups.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : gestion des eaux, communauté rurale, sécheresse, développement durable, gouvernance, ressource en eau, participation communautaire, approvisionnement en eau, eaux territoriales, conservation de l'eau, politique de développement, réservoir d'eau, approche participative, développement régional

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Brésil, Ceara

Mots-clés libres : Fragmentation, Dispossession, Resilience, Hydrosocial territories, Nordeste, Brazil

Classification Agris : P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion
U70 - Sciences humaines et sociales

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 5 (2019-) - Territoires

Agences de financement hors UE : Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hídricos, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Agence Française de Développement

Projets sur financement : (FRA) Pacte and Sertões

Auteurs et affiliations

• Gasmi Hela, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA)
• de Freitas Vieira Letícia, FUNCEME (BRA)
• Kuper Marcel, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-1240-0592
• Passos Rodrigues Martins Eduardo Sávio, FUNCEME (BRA)
• Burte Julien, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (MAR) ORCID: 0000-0001-7912-5137

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/607774/)

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