Mercado del agua: como sucedió en los ee.uu. Y como puede ocurrir en Brasil

Autores/as

  • Francis Carlo Petterini Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2018v15n1p130

Resumen

El artículo discute la cuestión de un potencial mercado de agua en Brasil. Como el asunto es insólito, primero se presenta el caso de los EE.UU., probablemente el más antiguo y bien documentado, donde en el siglo XIX las concesiones de explotación de agua recibieron derechos de propiedad para lidiar con problemas de escasez, y en los últimos 20 años el comercio se intensificó frente al agravamiento de las sequías. En Brasil algo similar está propuesto en el Congreso Nacional, y parece encontrar eco en sectores del gobierno federal, a pesar de su incompatibilidad con el principio constitucional de que las aguas constituyen bienes de dominio público del Estado Nacional y de los Estados.

Biografía del autor/a

Francis Carlo Petterini, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC

Doutor em Economia pela Universidade do Ceará. Especialista em Microeconometria Aplicada e Avaliação de Políticas Públicas. Professor de Economia na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil

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Publicado

2018-02-02

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Sección

Artigos - Sociedade Meio Ambiente, Migrações e Risco