Linking Rural and Urban Circular Economies through Reuse and Repair

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ID5949064
AutoresBrewton Berry (0000-0003-1279-922X), Cindy Isenhour (0000-0001-8413-1558)
Ano2019
Volume22
Fascículo2
Páginas112-114
Data de publicação2019-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal for the Anthropology of North America (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2475-5389 • E-ISSN: 2475-5389
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/nad.12103
OpenAlexW2990493662
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas12

Increasing resource scarcity and what has been called "the end of cheap nature" are prompting policymakers and scholars to foster more circular economies to reduce waste and lengthen the lifespan of material goods. Our essay critically examines the political and economic relationships between urban and rural geographies in the context of secondhand economies. Practices of bartering, swapping, selling, and repairing used goods have long been important to rural people and places, but the increasing commodification of discards risks upending rural livelihoods and ways of being as goods move toward urban centers. We explore the relationship between rural and urban reuse economies and suggest how future scholars of rural North America might contribute to strengthening and supporting localized reuse practices

Organic Food and Agriculture · Sustainable Industrial Ecology · Sustainable Supply Chain Management