Urban Hydro-Sociology: analysis of the mutual care between waters and citizenship in Brazil

Matias Nieto Tolosa (1, 2) , E. A. Pinto (3)

1 Department of Urban & Regional Planning
2 FLUXUS Laboratory
3 BBA

To do research about water is like doing about life: everything fits inside that field. To choose an approach facing the amplitude of this topic is mandatory for this kind of research, for that reason neologism 'Hydro-Sociology' is proposed as a methodological tool (a mirror showing reciprocity issues) to apply the scientific philosophy of the experimental phenomenology to a 150 km2, highly urbanized microbasin through a qualitative, quantitative indicator. The research discuss that reciprocity through the analysis of the mutual care between water and citizenship at Riberão das Anhumas microbasin in Brazil, with a methodology based on a phenomenological reflection on the urban indicator 'Water Footprint' and its applicability in the case study, disserting about the archetypical "matter of life and health" aided from the wise sight of transdisciplinary thinker-actors.

Mots clés: Hydro-Sociology; citizenship; reciprocity; waters; water footprint

Domaines: Environnement et Société

Matias Nieto Tolosa, E. A. Pinto. Urban Hydro-Sociology: analysis of the mutual care between waters and citizenship in Brazil. 11th edition of the World Wide Workshop for Young Environmental Scientists (WWW-YES-2011) - Urban Waters: resource or risks?, Jun 2011, Arcueil, France. ⟨hal-00607845⟩