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Following an epistemological position of broad and historical view in geographical approaches, the society-nature relationship is established as a common point in various schools of thought, supporting, furthermore, in contemporary times, a socio-environmental geography, on which a geography of waters emerges. As well as the reflections carried out here on a theoretical and practical basis, I propose a greater geographical significance of the research approaches involving water, water resources, and water security, contributing to theoretical-methodological assumptions around Hydrogeography. For this, two approaches were initially carried out, clarifying the global, regional and local scales of the hydrological cycle, and presupposing an epistemological conception of water resource as territorial resource and territory as category to reveal the way in which the appropriation and uses of this resource occur, important conditions to better delimit the water crisis, which, has as a consequence an increase in conflicts related to agricultural and mining export activities, and revealing Brazil as one of the main exporters of virtual water, while a significant number, about 35 thousand of Brazilians are officially deprived of access to water. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Household water insecurity occurs when circumstances of water scarcity impede the support of family well-being, causing daily disturbances and stress. Through the concept, this research investigated the municipality of Serra do Mel / RN, aiming to understand household water insecurity. To get at the results, 324 questionnaires were received in six villages, namely: Rio Grande do Norte village, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Amazonas, Piauí and Mato Grosso. The questionnaires presented questions about the quantitative availability of water for the household, experiences of residents with access to water, aspects of quality, stress, among others. The main results reveal that water insecurity is present in all villages, both in those that have wells for supply, and in villages that do not have them, with water insecurity problems at a quantitative and qualitative level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Water resource management must resolve problems about water scarcity in territory. Therefore, the way water resources are being managed in Brazil has not mitigated or resolved the resulting conflicts, quite the contrary, the hierarchical structures linked to the water resource management system have strengthened the performance of hegemonic groups. This article aims to understand the conflicts generated from the appropriation of water resources are related to the economic mineral-agroexporter, consolidating Brazil in a privileged situation in the context of underdevelopment in the world division of labor. For this purpose, the description and cartography of conflicts over water in Brazil made available by the Comissão Pastoral da Terra -CPT (organization linked to catholic church that catalogue data about conflicts over land in Brazil). Water has been the target of huge demands for grain production, and livestock in the Midwest, irrigated fruit in humid valleys in the Northeast Semi-Arid, expansion of the hydroelectric sector in the North of the country and impact resulting from mining activities in Bahia and Minas Gerais. It is necessary to discuss alternatives to a growth model that causes an increase in water scarcity and may, in the near future, restrict the right to clean water at an affordable cost for most Brazilians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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