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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Learning to manage quality in a multiple reservoir system: Contribution of a companion modelling approach

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Author(s):
Ducrot, Raphaele [1, 2, 3] ; Clavel, Lucie [4] ; Bommel, Pierre [5, 6]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] CIRAD, UMR G Eau, Fortaleza, Ceara - Brazil
[2] CIRAD, UMR G Eau, F-34398 Montpellier - France
[3] FUNCEME, BR-60115221 Fortaleza, Ceara - Brazil
[4] INRA, UMR AGIR, F-31320 Castanet Tolosan - France
[5] Univ Brasilia, CIRAD, Fac Tecnol, BR-70910900 Brasilia, DF - Brazil
[6] CIRAD, UR Green, F-34398 Montpellier - France
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: WATER SA; v. 37, n. 1, p. 81-91, JAN 2011.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

The development of water policies based on integrated water management principles promotes the development of multi-stakeholder platforms to manage water resources at catchment level. This is the case of the Alto-Tiete watershed, the urban catchment encompassing the Sao Paulo metropolis in Brazil. The dynamic pattern of peri-urban areas characterised by rapid major changes has led to complex management issues in which the quantity and quality dimensions of water are intertwined. Effective participation of a broad spectrum of stakeholders supposes that actors from different technical backgrounds have a better understanding of the social and biophysical interactions of the system concerned. This paper describes the role of participatory modelling and simulation as a way to provide a meaningful framework to enable actors to understand the interdependencies in peri-urban catchment management. A role-playing game, connecting the quantitative and qualitative dynamics of the resources with social interactions at catchment level, was developed and tested with members of the catchment committee. Monitoring of the sessions underlined the role of such a tool in learning about collective water management. (AU)