NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN CAMPINAS’ WATER SYSTEM, SÃO PAULO STATE
This study offers water resource managers in the municipality of Campinas and region – Campinas Metropolitan Region (RMC) and municipalities in the Atibaia river basin upstream of the RMC – an overview of the cost-benefit relationship and the potential of natural infrastructure to control sediments thrown into the water bodies that supply the region. It also aims to evaluate investment opportunities in green infrastructure to improve water quality and water flow through the collection of primary data and information, derived from consultations with local key actors and the use of financial, biophysical and geospatial analysis instruments.