Analise bibliométrica da produção acadêmica sobre bem-estar subjetivo e acesso a água em comunidades rurais

Abstract

Water is a fundamental component of human well-being. Studies on the relation of this resource to the rural reality have been much explored in the academic environment, but with little expressivity for the subjective well-being of the populations with respect to water. Considering this problem, the objective of the article is to identify the international scientific production on subjective well-being related to the issue of access to water in rural communities. The method used is based on the bibliometric analysis of the scientific production indexed to the Scopus database, covering the period between 2008 - 2018. Besides the construction of occurrence map of items using the VOSviewer software. The results reveal that: the studies on the subject are recent, with no evidence for Brazil; academic production is limited in the current decade; the Environmental Sciences stand out among the areas of publication; there is a strong tendency in approaches involving the terms government, water, agriculture, poverty, ecosystem and quality of life, and weak approach to important issues such as governance, alternative technologies and social participation.