The project “Conservador das Águas”: analysis of a public policy in Extrema/MG

• Autor(a) principal: Pacheco, Bárbara de Oliveira Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Araújo, Camila Camilozzi Alves Costa de Albuquerque, Torres Filho, Dalmir Machado, Santos, Emilene Kareline Marciano dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Desenvolvimento Regional (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ojsrevista.furb.br/ojs/index.php/rbdr/article/view/5737
• topic: Economic incentives for environmental protection; Extrema; payments for ecosystem services; public good; public policies.; Bien público; Extrema; incentivos económicos para la sostenibilidad; pago por servicios ambientales; política pública.; Bem público; Extrema; incentivo econômico à sustentabilidade; pagamento por serviços ambientais; política pública.

The perception of an environmental crisis, recently demonstrated by water scarcity in large urban centers, has stimulated the government to develop new policies on environmental preservation. The project “Conservador das Águas”, developed by the city of Extrema/MG, exemplifies the construction of innovative designs of public policies through the combination of inter-organizational partnerships, formal agreements between state and citizens, and the use of economic incentives to promote sustainability. This work intend to analyze the abovementioned project through the typologies developed by Lowi (1964; 1972) and Wilson (1973), and to discuss its implementation model based on the level of tasks programmability and the interaction with users, in accordance with the typology developed by Berman (1978).JEL-Code | H23; Q25; Q56.