Conservation of freshwater macroinvertebrate biodiversity in tropical regions

S Sundar, J Heino, FO Roque… - Aquatic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Motivated by recent global initiatives for biodiversity conservation and restoration, this article
reviews the gaps in our understanding of, and the challenges facing, freshwater …

The climate change potential effects on the run-of-river plant and the environmental and economic dimensions of sustainability

A Michels-Brito, DA Rodriguez, WLC Junior… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we evaluate the environmental and economic sustainability dimensions of a run-
of-river hydroelectric plant operation regarding environmental impacts and potential direct …

Reservoir storage and hydrologic responses to droughts in the Paraná River basin, south-eastern Brazil

DCD Melo, BR Scanlon, Z Zhang… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2016 - hess.copernicus.org
Droughts are particularly critical for Brazil because of impacts on water supply and because
most (70%) of its electricity is derived from hydroelectric generation. The Paraná basin (PB) …

Landscape changes over 30 years of intense economic activity in the upper Paraná River basin

AP Rudke, ACF Xavier, LD Martins, ED Freitas… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we show the complexity associated with the recent land cover changes by
elucidating the paths of 30 years of changes in the Upper Paraná River Basin (UPRB), a …

Future climate change in the Caatinga

RR Torres, DM Lapola, NLR Gamarra - … largest tropical dry forest region in …, 2017 - Springer
This chapter discusses the general aspects of climate variability and climate change in
South America, with a special focus on Brazil's northeast region in which the Caatinga is …

Exploring the political economy of water and food security nexus in BRICS

VO Okorie, TN Mphambukeli, SO Amusan - Africa Insight, 2019 - journals.co.za
Access to water and food remains critical to the survival and stability of any nation. Insecurity
of food and unequal distribution of water rights are active drivers of instability and violent …

Adapting water tariffs to climate change: linking resource availability, costs, demand, and tariff design flexibility

FS Pinto, B de Carvalho, RC Marques - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Utilities face challenges that may cause net damage costs able to defy our society and
environment. An ever more frequent impact is water resource scarcity due to an increasingly …

A sociotechnical framework to characterize tipping points in water supply systems

EZ Berglund, M Skarbek, L Kanta - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Population growth and a drying climate can push urban water supply across a tipping point
into a new regime of water deficits. This research develops an analytical approach to …

Socio-climatic hotspots in Brazil: how do changes driven by the new set of IPCC climatic projections affect their relevance for policy?

JPD Filho, DM Lapola, RR Torres, MC Lemos - Climatic change, 2016 - Springer
This paper updates the SCVI (Socio-Climatic Vulnerability Index) maps developed by Torres
et al.(2012) for Brazil, by using the new Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 …

Megacity precipitationsheds reveal tele-connected water security challenges

PW Keys, L Wang-Erlandsson, LJ Gordon - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Urbanization is a global process that has taken billions of people from the rural countryside
to concentrated urban centers, adding pressure to existing water resources. Many cities are …