Governance Contributions
for the Revitalization of Urban
Hydrographic Basins: Challenges
and Perspectives for the Belém River
Basin, Curitiba/PR
Demian da Silveira Barcellos, Ana Paula Coelho Schimaleski
and Augusto Pimentel Pereira
Abstract The research presents governance as an instrument to improve the process of management of urban river basins in the municipal sphere, strengthening
the involvement of stakeholders, including society, to consolidate and democratize
the management process. Therefore, were identified contributions from the field of
environmental governance for the recovery of urban watersheds, specifically analyzing the case of the Belém river basin in Curitiba, Paraná state, Brazil. Thus, from a
documentary and bibliographical analysis, it was possible to verify some subsidies of
experiences and studies (local, regional and international) for the recovery of urban
hydrographic basins, elucidating perspectives and challenges for the management of
the Belém River basin. Some perspectives were: (1) the creation of a cooperative or
association for garbage collectors, improving the social status of this category and
reducing the amount of waste; and (2) the creation of a subcommittee of the Belém
river basin, which may result in more effective management of its problems and
make the political involvement of the residents more apt. Some challenges identified
were: (1) decentralization of environmental monitoring of the quality of the waters of
the Belém River; (2) overcoming sectoral public policies; (3) greater environmental
awareness and proactivity of society.
Keywords Environmental governance · Urban environmental management ·
Revitalization of urban watershed · Belém watershed
D. S. Barcellos (B) · A. P. C. Schimaleski · A. P. Pereira
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR), Av. Imaculada Conceição, 1155 - Prado
Velho, Bloco Azul, 2o Andar, Curitiba 80215901, Brazil
e-mail: demian.barcellos@gmail.com
A. P. C. Schimaleski
e-mail: anapaulaschim@gmail.com
A. P. Pereira
e-mail: augusto.pereira@fae.edu
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_29
479
for the Revitalization of Urban
Hydrographic Basins: Challenges
and Perspectives for the Belém River
Basin, Curitiba/PR
Demian da Silveira Barcellos, Ana Paula Coelho Schimaleski
and Augusto Pimentel Pereira
Abstract The research presents governance as an instrument to improve the process of management of urban river basins in the municipal sphere, strengthening
the involvement of stakeholders, including society, to consolidate and democratize
the management process. Therefore, were identified contributions from the field of
environmental governance for the recovery of urban watersheds, specifically analyzing the case of the Belém river basin in Curitiba, Paraná state, Brazil. Thus, from a
documentary and bibliographical analysis, it was possible to verify some subsidies of
experiences and studies (local, regional and international) for the recovery of urban
hydrographic basins, elucidating perspectives and challenges for the management of
the Belém River basin. Some perspectives were: (1) the creation of a cooperative or
association for garbage collectors, improving the social status of this category and
reducing the amount of waste; and (2) the creation of a subcommittee of the Belém
river basin, which may result in more effective management of its problems and
make the political involvement of the residents more apt. Some challenges identified
were: (1) decentralization of environmental monitoring of the quality of the waters of
the Belém River; (2) overcoming sectoral public policies; (3) greater environmental
awareness and proactivity of society.
Keywords Environmental governance · Urban environmental management ·
Revitalization of urban watershed · Belém watershed
D. S. Barcellos (B) · A. P. C. Schimaleski · A. P. Pereira
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR), Av. Imaculada Conceição, 1155 - Prado
Velho, Bloco Azul, 2o Andar, Curitiba 80215901, Brazil
e-mail: demian.barcellos@gmail.com
A. P. C. Schimaleski
e-mail: anapaulaschim@gmail.com
A. P. Pereira
e-mail: augusto.pereira@fae.edu
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_29
479