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O desenvolvimento de ferramentas de simulação, como os jogos de papéis, pressupõe a integração das várias representações e conhecimentos, o que garante a sua legitimidade e a possibilidade de os utilizar como plataforma de mediação na discussão dos conflitos socioambientais. Este artigo discute a utilização da abordagem de modelagem de acompanhamento no desenvolvimento de dois jogos de papéis sobre a gestão da água e do solo em mananciais periurbanos da Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP).

The trajectory of participation in health research by community social actors worldwide has been built on a history of community participation from the Ottawa Charter Health Promotion call for community mobilization, to the emancipatory educational philosophy of Paulo Freire, to social movements and organizing for health and social justice. This paper builds on this history to expand our global knowledge about community participation in research through a dialogue between experiences and contexts in two prominent countries in this approach ; the United States and Brazil. We first focus on differences in political and scientific contexts, financing, and academic perspectives and then present how, despite these differences, similarities exist in values and collaborative methodologies aimed at engaging community partners in democratizing science and knowledge construction. We present three case studies, one from the U.S. and two from Brazil, which illustrate similar multi-level processes using participatory research tools and Freirian dialogue to contribute to social mobilization, community empowerment, and the transformation of inequitable societal conditions. Despite different processes of evolution, we observed a convergence of participatory health research strategies and values that can transform science in our commitment to reduce health and social inequities and improve community wellbeing. ; National Institutes of Health ; Amazonia project FUNASA ; Capela project FAPESP ; Univ New Mexico, Coll Populat Hlth, Ctr Participatory Res, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA|L Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Publ Hlth, BR-01246904 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Energy & Environm, BR-05508010 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Environm Hlth Master Degree Program, Complexo Educ Fac Metropolitanas Unidas FMU, BR-05690050 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Publ Policy & Collect Hlth, BR-11065240 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Univ Estado Rio De Janeiro, Coll Nursing, UERJ, BR-20551030 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil ; Hlth Native Communities Partnership Inc, Shiprock, NM 87420 USA ; Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Publ Policy & Collect Hlth, BR-11065240 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; NIH: U261HS300293 ; NIH: U261IHS0036 ; NIH: 5R01NR015241-02 ; Web of Science

Part 1: Environmental sanitation governance -- Environmental sanitation in the São Paulo Macrometrópolis in view of climate change -- Nexus for urban resilience in the face of climate change: Policies and synergies in the context of a macrometropolis -- Water security, climate change and the Paulista Macrometropole: Challenges from a critical perspective -- Social and socio-environmental indicators and challenges for São Paulo Macrometropolis -- Part 2: Territorialities, spatialities and innovation in environmental governance -- Planning in the São Paulo Macrometropolis: Research balance and emerging themes -- Tekoá and the São Paulo Macrometropolis: Reflections on the social production of space -- System, practices, and culture of environmental planning in the São Paulo Macrometropolis in context of climate change: Debate from the planning artifacts -- From the social construction of risks to the sociotechnical transition: Discussing possibilities to face urban floods in the SPMM -- Part 3: Small towns in a metropolized space -- Social-environmental vulnerability and adaptive capacity of SPMM's small cities in the face of climate emergency -- Protected areas and local development: Limits and possibilities in the small towns of the metropolitan region of the Paraíba Valley and Northern Coast in the São Paulo Macrometropolis -- Water security of rural populations in the São Paulo Macrometropolis -- Adaptation to climate variability in the São Paulo Macrometropolis: A debate from climate justice perspective -- Part 4: São Paulo city's urbanization evolution and its impact on the regional atmospheric patterns: Numerical simulations of present and future climate -- Relationship between urbanization and precipitation in the São Paulo Macrometropolis -- Contribution of CMIP models in the formulation of adaptive public policies -- Hydrological modeling of urbanized basins -- Land use and land cover changes in the São Paulo Macrometropolis -- Climate shift: An approach to its effects on the rainfall regime -- Part 5: The governance of energy issues in the context of the SPMM -- Smart cities: Limits and possibilities in the São Paulo Macrometropolis -- Energy justice and distributed photovoltaic power generation in São Paulo -- The context and evolution of the distributed generation in the São Paulo Macrometropolis -- Part 6: The ecosystem services approach in the dynamics of environmental governance -- Critical discussion of the concept of ecosystem services at São Paulo Macro Metropolis -- Economic, ecological and social-cultural ecosystem services valuation: Contributions, limits and theoretical disputes -- Models, tools and instruments for ecosystem services assessment and support for decision making process in a macrometropolitan scale -- Public policies, ecosystem services and environmental governance in Brazil: An analytical review of public policies at legal, social, and institutional arrangements, at the federal, state, and municipal levels -- Part 7: Social learning in the MacroAmb project -- Dialogue and social learning: Analyzing the challenges of integrating different knowledges in an interdisciplinary research -- Synthesis and final words of the book.

Abstract Social participation enriches decision-making and is considered a civil right in many democratic countries, despite remaining a challenge. This paper presents evidence and discusses the evolution of social participation in the Araçá Bay (Southeastern Brazil), as a result of participatory action-research. Over three years, a process of social mobilization and participatory environmental assessment and planning engaged local stakeholders and resulted in a sustainable development plan. Enhanced social participation was evidenced by: (1) building trust among participants; (2) increasing knowledge of social-ecological features of Araçá Bay; (3) acknowledging different perspectives and interests about the bay; and (4) improving the understanding of management dynamics and institutions. The process led to the emergence of a local stewarded group that has the potential to foster the implementation of the sustainable development plan.

Abstract Social participation enriches decision-making and is considered a civil right in many democratic countries, despite remaining a challenge. This paper presents evidence and discusses the evolution of social participation in the Araçá Bay (Southeastern Brazil), as a result of participatory action-research. Over three years, a process of social mobilization and participatory environmental assessment and planning engaged local stakeholders and resulted in a sustainable development plan. Enhanced social participation was evidenced by: (1) building trust among participants; (2) increasing knowledge of social-ecological features of Araçá Bay; (3) acknowledging different perspectives and interests about the bay; and (4) improving the understanding of management dynamics and institutions. The process led to the emergence of a local stewarded group that has the potential to foster the implementation of the sustainable development plan.

As Latin America's new democratic regimes have decentralized, the region's capital cities--and their elected mayors--have gained increasing importance. Capital City Politics in Latin America tells the story of these cities: how they are changing operationally, how the the empowerment of mayors and other municipal institutions is exacerbating political tensions between local executives and regional and national entities, and how the cities' growing significance affects traditional political patterns throughout society. The authors weave a tapestry that illustrates the impact of local, national, and transnational power relations on the strategies available to Latin America's capital city mayors as they seek to transform their greater influence into desired actions

This book is an updated and extended version of José Esteban Castro and Léo Heller (Eds.), Water and Sanitation Services: Public Policy and Management (Earthscan, 2009; Routledge, 2012) and contains 5 new chapters on Brazil and 1 on Venezuela. Substantially reducing the number of human beings who lack access to clean water and safe sanitation is one of the key Millennium Development Goals. This book argues and demonstrates that this can only be achieved by a better integration of the technical and social science approaches in the search for improved organization and delivery of these essential services. It presents a historical analysis of the development of water and sanitation services in both developed and developing countries, which provides valuable lessons for overcoming the obstacles facing the universalization of these services. Among the key lessons emerging from the historical analysis are the organizational and institutional diversity characterizing the development of water and sanitation internationally, and the central role played by the public sector, particularly local authorities, in such development. It also explores the historical role played by cooperatives and other non-profit institutions in reaching rural and peri-urban areas, as well as the emergence of new forms of organization and provision, particularly in poor countries, where aid and development agencies have been promoting the self-organization of water systems by local communities. The book provides a critical exploration of these different institutional options, including the interaction between the public and private sectors, and the irreplaceable role of public funding as a condition for success. The book is divided into two parts: the first reviews theoretical and conceptual issues such as the political economy of water services, financing, the interfaces between water and sanitation services and public health, and the systemic conditions that influence the provision of these services, including the diversity of organizational ...