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Este livro, feito em colaboração com o Instituto Samuel Murgel Branco (ISMB), traz um apanhado satisfatório da história do saneamento, que, desde o longÃnquo tempo das primeiras civilizações até os dias atuais, é bastante rica e possibilita que diversos trabalhos sejam escritos sobre ela. O que o leitor encontrará aqui não é uma linha do tempo completa da trajetória do saneamento pelos caminhos que desembocaram em seu atual sistema; algo assim seria impossÃvel de realizar em tão poucas páginas. Ademais, o objetivo principal desta obra, desde o inÃcio, foi outro: realizar um trabalho de descortinamento de apenas alguns fatos marcantes da história do saneamento, bem como da Ã...
This book shows how participatory research can provide tools to overcome the current epistemic and ethical challenges faced by traditional scientific approaches. Ever since Funtowicz and Ravetz proposed the notion of post-normal science, there has been a growing awareness of the limits of a form of knowledge production based only on the traditional scientific peer communities that excludes other social groups affected by its results and applications. The growing uncertainty and complexity posed by socio-ecological issues in the interactions between science, society and decision making has revealed the importance of a social quality control over crucial decisions that rely on scientific resea...
This book deals with the relationship between São Paulo and its water resources from the birth of the city to the present day. It discusses the consequences of technological choices and applications on the urban environment and its landscape, in the processes of reconfiguration and artificialization of natural water courses to expand the offer of urban lands.
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