DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL WATER SECURITY IN SEMIARID AREAS
Abstract
Droughts and desertification processes are problems that make it difficult to guarantee global water security for rural communities in Brazil and around the world. Based on this, we aimed to identify which types of water technologies enable access to and prospecting for water in semiarid regions. To this end, the bibliometric method was used to understand the insertion of global water security in the last decade through research in the Scielo, Scopus and Web of Science databases. It was found that in the context of local water security, studies on rural communities are scarce; however, in these regions, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used to determine the allocation of water technologies to places with water scarcity problems. We conclude that studies on water security are promising when using different types of technologies for access to water in semiarid regions, such as cisterns and wells.
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