Drought assessment in the São Francisco River Basin using satellite-based and ground-based indices

F Paredes-Trejo, HA Barbosa, J Giovannettone… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The São Francisco River Basin (SFRB) plays a key role for the agricultural and hydropower
sectors in Northeast Brazil (NEB). Historically, in the low part of the SFRB, people have to …

Impact of drought on land productivity and degradation in the Brazilian semiarid region

F Paredes-Trejo, HA Barbosa, GA Daldegan, I Teich… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Brazilian semiarid region (BSR) has faced severe drought over the last three decades,
which has led to a significant decline in land productivity, posing a considerable threat to …

Turbulent waters in Northeast Brazil: A typology of water governance-related conflicts

TM de Carvalho Studart, JNB Campos… - … Science & Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper we build a water conflict typology and discuss some applications for water
resources planning and management. To show how a typology was built we highlight twelve …

The Brazilian drought monitoring in a multi-annual perspective

YMA de Brito, IAA Rufino, CFC Braga… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2021 - Springer
Droughts, which consist of natural and transient water deficits, endanger the water, food, and
energy security of ecosystems. An effective drought preparedness strategy must focus on …

Priority of water allocation during drought periods: The case of Jaguaribe Metropolitan inter-basin water transfer in semiarid Brazil

ÁB Sousa Estácio, MA Melo Rocha… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inter-basin water transfers are the root of many conflicts, and water scarcity accentuates
them. Those conflicts involve the priority of water use between regions. The Jaguaribe …

An approach for water allocation with a couple surface and groundwater model

LM Osorio Olivos, AV Méllo Junior… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The integrative analysis considering the spatial and temporal representation of the
hydrological and hydrogeological process is a challenge for the water resources …

Multi-temporal built-up grids of Brazilian cities: how trends and dynamic modelling could help on resilience challenges?

I Rufino, S Djordjević, H Costa de Brito, PBR Alves - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The northeastern Brazilian region has been vulnerable to hydrometeorological extremes,
especially droughts, for centuries. A combination of natural climate variability (most of the …

Towards global water security: a departure from the status Quo?

C Tortajada, V Fernandez - Global Water Security: Lessons Learnt and …, 2018 - Springer
Water resources are, and have always been, a multidimensional resource that crosses all
social and economic sectors. Globally, growing population and urbanisation have increased …

C-Factor Estimate for Soil Loss Equations Using Transformation Function (Near, Gaussian and Symmetric Linear) and Remote Sensing Data

S Folharini, AMH de Avila - Proceedings, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study proposes a methodology to calculate the C-factor using remote sensing data:
NDVI from LANDSAT image and MAPBIOMAS Land Use (LU) classification of Atibaia river …

[HTML][HTML] Segurança hídrica para abastecimento urbano perante condições ambientais e qualidade da água do manancial: o caso da ETA Guandu, RMRJ

IX Paula, RM Formiga-Johnsson - Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Este trabalho avalia o nível de segurança hídrica quanto ao abastecimento de água da
região oeste metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, em termos de qualidade dos recursos …