Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos (Nov 2020)

Advances and challenges in the water sciences in Brazil: a community synthesis of the XXIII Brazilian Water Resources Symposium

  • Rodrigo Cauduro Dias de Paiva,
  • Pedro Luiz Borges Chaffe,
  • Jamil Alexandre Ayach Anache,
  • Andrea Sousa Fontes,
  • Ligia Maria Nascimento de Araujo,
  • Anderson Nascimento de Araujo,
  • Daniel Bartiko,
  • Tobias Bleninger,
  • Pablo Borges de Amorim,
  • Diogo Costa Buarque,
  • Tomas Carlotto,
  • Walter Collischonn,
  • Daniel Henrique Marco Detzel,
  • Fernando Mainardi Fan,
  • Rosa Maria Formiga-Johnsson,
  • Masato Kobiyama,
  • Michael Mannich,
  • Guilherme Marques,
  • Gean Paulo Michel,
  • Debora Yumi de Oliveira,
  • Paulo Tarso Sanches de Oliveira,
  • Adilson Pinheiro,
  • Anderson Ruhoff,
  • Vinicius Alencar Siqueira,
  • Rutineia Tassi,
  • Franciele Zanandrea

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/2318-0331.252020200136
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25

Abstract

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ABSTRACT In this paper we synthesize the special sessions of the XXIII Brazilian Water Resources Symposium 2019 in order to understand the major advances and challenges in the water sciences in Brazil. We analyzed more than 250 papers and presentations of 16 special sessions covering topics of Climate Variability and Change, Disasters, Modeling, Large Scale Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Education, and Water Resources Management. This exercise highlighted the unique diversity of natural and human water features in Brazil, that offers a great opportunity for understanding coupled hydrological and societal systems. Most contributions were related to methods and the quantification of water phenomena, therefore, there is a clear necessity for fostering more research on phenomena comprehension. There is a vast network of co-authorship among institutions but mostly from academia and with some degree of regional fragmentation. The ABRhidro community now has the challenge to enhance its collaboration network, the culture of synthesis analysis, and to build a common agenda for water resources research. It is also time for us to be aligned with the international water science community and to use our experiences to actively contribute to the tackling of global water issues.

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