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| Author(s): |
Souza, Felipe Augusto Arguello
[1]
;
Bhattacharya-Mis, Namrata
[2]
;
Restrepo-Estrada, Camilo
[1, 3]
;
Gober, Patricia
[4]
;
Taffarello, Denise
[1]
;
Tundisi, Jose Galizia
[5, 6]
;
Mendiondo, Eduardo Mario
[1]
Total Authors: 7
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos Sch Engn, Dept Hydraul & Sanitat, Av Trabalhador Sao Carlense 400 Ctr, BR-13566590 Sao Carlos - Brazil
[2] Univ Chester, Geog & Int Dev, Chester, Cheshire - England
[3] Univ Antioquia, Dept Stat & Math, Econ Sci, Medellin - Colombia
[4] Arizona State Univ, Sch Geog Sci & Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ - USA
[5] Int Inst Ecol, Sao Carlos - Brazil
[6] Secretary Environm Sci & Technol, Sao Carlos - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES; v. 66, n. 3, p. 408-421, FEB 17 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 1 |
| Abstract | |
Predicting future water demands of societies is a major challenge because it involves a holistic understanding of possible changes within socio-hydrological systems. Although recent research has made efforts to translate social dimensions into the analysis of hydrological systems, few studies have involved citizen participation in water footprint analysis. This paper integrates time series with citizens' perceptions, knowledge and beliefs concerning sanitation elements to account for municipal blue and grey water footprints in Sao Carlos, Brazil, from 2009 to 2016, and potential water footprints in 2030 and 2050. In this case study, grey footprint potentially exceeds the blue water footprint by up to 35 times, and volunteered information suggested a reduction in water consumption, larger garbage production and greater investment in sanitation infrastructure from authorities. We conclude that public knowledge can be used to delineate possible water footprint scenarios and reveal paradoxes in the coevolution of socio-hydrological systems on an urban scale. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/08413-6 - UK-Brazil collaboration for investigating the nexus between water, health and urban resilience |
| Grantee: | Eduardo Mario Mendiondo |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/50848-9 - INCT 2014: INCT for Climate Change |
| Grantee: | Jose Antonio Marengo Orsini |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants |