Risk perception is one of the pillars of water management. A phenomenological approach and method were used, whose object are the meanings attributed to the lived experience. In this scenario, fishermen place themselves as river watchers , as defenders of this environmental and immaterial heritage. Water-related risks have become more relevant lately; they have been creating new ways to handle the matter, mainly at hydrographic basin level.
Water management based on risk handling due to vulnerabilities and damages within uncertain scenarios deals with real risks deriving from technical records and from socially constructed perceived risks. Risk perception. Fundamentals of risk management: understanding, evaluating and implementing effective risk management.
London: Kogan Page Publishers, A regulation system composed of Federal Constitution articles 1, 5 and ; Law n. As the river is tenderly known water use. Paternalism or participatory governance? Efforts and obstacles in implementing the Brazilian water policy in a large watershed.
Land Use Policy, [s. Such situation impaired risk prevention policies, and decision-making at different dimensions and aspects. A phenomenological method based on the subjectivity of being in the world was adopted. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Methodology. London: Sage Publications, Ideas: General introduction to pure phenomenology.
New York: Routledge, The present article was divided into five sections: introduction, assessment on the social construction of the risk phenomenon, methodology, results and conclusion. Risk is an important element nowadays, and it can be applied to situations or events that can cause damages, harm, injury or impose danger. The sense of risk is inversely related safety, its opposite, and such reversed association strengthens the need of understanding risk experiences and perceptions about them.
