Abstract
The frequency and intensity of both floods and water shortages in cities of the Região Metropolitana do Vale do Paraiba e Litoral Norte (RMVPLN) are increasing in recent decades, largely due to loss of riparian forest cover in rural areas of meso-basins in which the cities are located. Forests in these meso-basins also regulate water flowing to the key reservoirs as Jaguari and Paraitinga…