Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Alto-Tietê River Basin, São Paulo, Brazil

The authors describe and analyze river basin management in the most intensely urbanized and industrialized region of Brazil. The area covered by the Alto Tiete basin is almost coterminous with the Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo. With a drainage area of 5,985 square kilometers (2.4 percent of the s...

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Main Authors:	Johnsson, Rosa Maria Formiga, Kemper, Karin Erika
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADEQUATE WATER ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AQUIFERS ARID REGIONS BASIN AREA BASIN LEVEL BASIN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES BASIN MANAGEMENT ISSUES BASIN MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANTS BASIN ORGANIZATIONS BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS BULK WATER CANALS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION DEMAND FOR WATER DETERIORATION OF WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY DROUGHT EFFLUENTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FLOOD CONTROL FRESHWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER USE HEAVY METALS HIGH LEVELS INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS INDUSTRIAL GROWTH INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIAL WASTE INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT INTER-BASIN TRANSFERS IRRIGATION LAKES LAND USE LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS LOCAL-LEVEL BASIN GOVERNANCE MAJOR DAMS MANAGING WATER RESOURCES METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITY MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PERMITS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POPULATION GROWTH POWER GENERATION PRECIPITATION PRINCIPAL RIVERS PROGRAMS PUBLIC WATER PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY PUBLIC WORKS PUMPING PUMPING STATIONS QUALITY STANDARDS RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVERS SANITATION COMPANIES SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION SYSTEMS SAVANNAS SECTORAL POLICIES SERVICE PROVISION SEWAGE COLLECTION SEWERAGE SERVICES SEWERAGE SYSTEMS SOILS SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SOUTH AMERICA STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION SUB-BASIN SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER RESOURCES TOURISM FACILITIES URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER AVAILABILITY WATER BODIES WATER CHARGES WATER COMPANY WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER LAW WATER LEGISLATION WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT AGENCIES WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER PRICING WATER PROVIDERS WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION WATER RIGHTS WATER SANITATION WATER SCARCITY WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCE PROTECTION WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER TABLE WATER USERS WATERS WELLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5866150/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-alto-tiete-river-basin-sao-paulo-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8299