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Like several other municipalities that make up the state of Ceará, the municipality of Baturité faces serious problems with water shortages. Notwithstanding this reality, there is the Quilombola Community of Serra do Evaristo, which is facing significant water shortage problems. This situation is the subject of this book: Analysing the process of community water management in the Quilombola Community of Serra do Evaristo. In order to gain a more detailed understanding of this process, it was necessary to diagnose: how the community is organised with regard to water management; how decisions are made; what the concerns are regarding the quality and quantity of water; which sources of supply and how they are used, the current state of conservation of cisterns and natural sources. This book seeks to provide an understanding of how residents establish water management via cistern storage, and that this provides an overview of the dynamics of community water management in the Brazilian semi-arid region, especially in the Quilombo Community of Serra do Evaristo in the semi-arid region of Ceará in the north-east of the country.
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Master's Degree in Development and Environment from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC); Completion of the United Nations Postgraduate Studies Programme in Geneva-Switzerland; Postgraduate Degree in Oil and Gas from the Fortaleza Higher Education Institute (IESF)Fortaleza; Degree in Management Processes from Faculdade Evolução, Fortaleza-Brazil.
