Springer Waters of Brazil: Strategic Analysis

This book is a product of Brazilian Academy of Sciences Study Group about water issue. The water cycle was addressed based on an integrated point of view, aiming at joining technological and ecological solutions and integrating quantitative and qualitative aspects of this important environmental asset. Issues such as the water resources management and irrigated agriculture, water and health, water and economy, conservation and reuse as management tools, water in the Brazilian semi arid, water in Amazon, urbanization and water resources, education for the sustainability of water resources, groundwater, availability, pollution and eutrophication of water and science, technology and innovation are of the utmost importance for this exact moment in Brazil, and particularly to the State of Sao Paulo. Addressing these issues will undoubtedly contribute towards a sustainable management of water resources trough the coordinated work of different fields of science, progressing a systemic view about water, that would then finally allow management professionals the possibility of an integral action in anticipating problems and thus anticipate solutions.   From the Back Cover This book is a product of Brazilian Academy of Sciences Study Group about water issue. The water cycle was addressed based on an integrated point of view, aiming at joining technological and ecological solutions and integrating quantitative and qualitative aspects of this important environmental asset. Issues such as the water resources management and irrigated agriculture, water and health, water and economy, conservation and reuse as management tools, water in the Brazilian semi arid, water in Amazon, urbanization and water resources, education for the sustainability of water resources, groundwater, availability, pollution and eutrophication of water and science, technology and innovation are of the utmost importance for this exact moment in Brazil, and particularly to the State of Sao Paulo. Addressing these issues will undoubtedly contribute towards a sustainable management of water resources trough the coordinated work of different fields of science, progressing a systemic view about water, that would then finally allow management professionals the possibility of an integral action in anticipating problems and thus anticipate solutions.   About the Author Carlos Eduardo de Mattos Bicudo Graduate in Natural History, Universidade de São Paulo (USP, 1962). Master of Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA (1965). Doctor of Science-Botany, USP (1973). Post-doctor at the University of Montana, Bigfork, Montana, USA (1977-1978) and at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (1994). Worked as a researcher (Scientific Researcher) at the Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo State Department of Environment (1963-2003) conducting studies on the taxonomy and ecology of freshwater algae, and where continues until today after retirement as an Associate Researcher. Published 162 articles in pier reviewed Brazilian and foreign scientific journals, 16 chapters in books edited in Brazil and abroad, 18 books and translated to Portuguese (together with Dr. Jefferson Prado) the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Saint Louis and Vienna editions). Was the director for 38 Master of Science Theses and 36 Doctoral Dissertations at Brazilian and South American Universities. Is an Honorary Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo and the Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana, both in Peru. Received the Distinguished Member title by the Sociedade Botânica do Brasil and the Associação Brasileira de Limnologia. Is a Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. His research is conducted along two lines: (1) taxonomy of freshwater algae, mainly of desmids and (2) phytoplankton ecology of reservoirs. Editorial Board Member of several Brazilian scientific journals and others from abroa