HYDROPOLITICS AND CONFLICTS OVER WATER: TERRITORIAL DISPUTES AND ACCESS TO WATER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DONA INÊS (PB)
Water Conflicts; Hydropolitics; semi-arid areas.
Currently, access to water is the cause of a growing number of conflicts, especially when we
talk about semi-arid regions, which do not have abundant water reserves. In the municipality
of Dona Inês, in the state of Paraíba, in a scenario of semi-aridity, conflicts over water take
different forms due to the water scarcity that occurs annually, aggravated by the
lack/inefficiency in the management of water resources by the government. This work starts
from the hypothesis that these conflicts occur a) due to the demand of the different uses of
water and the condition of access to water by users; b) the scarcity and attempt to monopolize
water resources by some rural landowners; c) the mercantilist view of water and the difficulty
in implementing universalist policies that promote community access to water resources. The
general objective of this research, at the master's level, is to analyze the factors responsible for
water conflicts in the Sub Hydrographic Basin of the Serra de Dona Inês, in the context of
territorial disputes in the municipality of Dona Inês/PB. As for the specific objectives, we
have: a) To identify the causes of the origin of water conflicts in the study area; b) Analyze
how the different actors have access to local water resources; c) To raise the public policies of
water resources with an impact on the area of study; d) To analyze the relationship vetem
Lando estruturem ando ater conflitas. The metodologia procedures ere operacionalizem, as
follows: a) Review os ter bibliografo; b) Sorvem o Decrues/Lars; (c) tem production of
digital/cartographic and statistical information; d) Field work in the municipality of Dona
Inês. To analyze the conflicts over water, a time frame is proposed from the 2000s to 2020. It
is concluded that water conflicts in the semiarid region involve different actors at different
scales that interact in the totality of the geographical space.