Water Scarcity and Human Rights

Editorial Water Scarcity and Human Rights PEDRO ROBERTO JACOBI1 , VANESSA LUCENA EMPINOTTI2 , LUISA SCHMIDT3 1Editor-in-Chief, Ambiente & Sociedade Journal Professor, Education School, University of São Paulo Professor, Graduate Program in Environmental Science, University of São Paulo 2Associate Professor, Federal University of ABC Executive Editor, Ambiente & Sociedade Journal 3Professor, Social Sciences Institute, University of Lisboa Member of Editorial Board, Ambiente & Sociedade Journal According to the World Health Organization, in 2014 there were more than 750 million people without adequate access to drinking water and more than 2.5 billion lacked proper sanitation conditions. [...]as Pedro Arrojo Agudo (one of the creators of New Water Culture Foundation - Fundación Nueva Cultura del Agua) notes, the deepest crisis is that of continental aquatic ecosystems. [...]engagement of new social actors must be broadened, from its management to its use and appropriation. "Water supply and hydrosocial scarcity in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan area" is the title of the article by authors Ana Lucia Britto, Rosa Maria Formiga Johnsson and Paulo Roberto Ferreira Carneiro, which analyzes the present situation concerning water supply in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro in the light of the hydrosocial scarcity concept, and of the human right to water beyond structural problems associated with water and sanitation services management.