Revista Sociedade & Natureza (Oct 2013)
Análise das relações entre o Plano de Bacia Hidrográfica Tietê-Jacaré e os Planos Diretores Municipais de Araraquara, Bauru e São Carlos, SP: avanços e desafios visando a integração de instrumentos de gestão / Analysis of the relationships between the Tietê-Jacaré Watershared Plan and the Municipal Master Plans of Araraquara, Bauru and São Carlos, SP (Brazil): advances and challenges for the integration of management tools
Abstract
Brazil’s National Water Resources Policy emphasizes that land use and occupation control instrumentsshould be used in a complementary manner to water resources management instruments. However, thejuncture between these tools is not evident, hence a gap to be faced. In this study the goal was to analyzethe relationship between the Watershed Plan and the Master Plans. The empirical objects are the Tiete--Jacare Watershed Plan (UGRHI-13) and the Master Plans of Araraquara, Bauru and Sao Carlos, SP, themunicipalities included in this Watershed. Surveys, bibliographic and documentary analyses, and semistructured interviews were carried out. The results show that the Watershed Plan can contribute to themunicipal management’s guidelines, albeit the land use conflicts should by identified and acknowledged as a vulnerability. The Master Plans present conditions that indicate actions to protect the water resources,but regional issues still lack proper handling. High potential instruments for water resource protectionremain largely underexplored, such as Zonings, Special Protected Areas and Urban Coefficients. Thereare also technical, political-institutional and legal barriers that hinder the integrated territorial management.The creation of new instruments, local and regional management and planning strategies areproposed, as well as negotiation mechanisms between organizations in different spheres and integratedpublic policies, which include public involvement and innovative actions.
