To illustrate the importance of the regional scale of water uses, this paper identifies the direct and indirect water use of the Sao Paulo State Water Resources Management Units (WRMUs) and the rest of Brazil by focusing on Alto Tiete WRMU. The Alto Tiete WRMU has been suffering from water...

This study simulates environmental effects with the inter-regional general equilibrium model Mibra assuming economic growth rates in a pessimist scenario of 2.3% a.a. and an optimist scenario of 4.4% a.a., both for the period 2002-2012. Using pollution intensity coefficients associated to...