A dimensão da qualidade dos recursos hídricos na construção do barômetro da sustentabilidade
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2013-07
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The Sustainability Indicators are parameters that characterize past events, evidence situational portraits of the
present and assist in projecting future scenarios in relation to sustainability. These instruments allow periodic
checks of the process of sustainable development at various scales. The Barometer of Sustainability fits this
proposal, because, treating men and nature equally, it assesses the degree of sustainability and has been used
from local to national scope. Within this perspective, the basic aim of this research was to analyze the quality
dimension of water resources in the development of this instrument, taking as an example the city of Ribeirão
Preto, SP, Brazil. The adopted methodology had as its main foundation the Seven Stages Cycle for implementing
the Barometer of Sustainability. The Barometer of Sustainability as an assessment tool has proved to be useful in
contributing to the understanding of natural phenomena, being relevant to the analysis of water resources at the
local level. This tool is a component part of an environmental management process and cannot be considered
alone. The Barometer of Sustainability showed that Ribeirão Preto is at a reasonable level in relation to the water
resources which were analyzed and considered in the research. The index of the theme Water, originated from
the assessment tool, showed the highest value among the other topics discussed in the Ecological Subsystem for
the city, being in health and environmental compliance.
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Indicadores de sustentabilidade, Recursos hídricos, Barômetro da sustentabilidade, Sustainability indicator, Water resources, Sustainability barometer
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BATALHÃO, André Cavalcante da Silva; TEIXEIRA, Denilson. A dimensão da qualidade dos recursos hídricos na construção do barômetro da sustentabilidade. Revista UNIARA, Araraquara, v. 16, n. 1, p. 105-120, jul. 2013.