Public policies for solid waste management and the occupation of areas near water in Manaus and Recife

Bibliographic Data

ID2489337
AuthorsCamila Garcia Iribarrem (0000-0002-0476-7570, Universidade Federal do Amazonas), Caroline Soares De Almeida (0000-0003-1361-6616, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Márcia Regina Calderipe Farias Rufino (0000-0001-8826-8607, Universidade Federal do Amazonas)
Year2023
Volume20
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1809-4341 • E-ISSN: 1809-4341
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-43412023v20d909
OpenAlexW4389565517
SCIELO_PIDS1809-43412023000100909
LanguageEN
References cited12

This article presents research experiences that examine water and solid waste in two Brazilian capitals: Manaus (AM) and Recife (PE). Contrasts, differences, and intersections between public policies on waste management, sanitation and housing are the points that sew this text together, as well as socio-environmental issues emerging in the ways of life related to water, whether along rivers and streams, tidal areas, or oceans. With converging scenarios - including the dumping of waste in water, and the lack of rights to decent housing - the people who live on the banks of watercourses and flooded areas are held responsible for dumping the waste that overflows onto streets, invading their homes. However, these dwellings receive floods of garbage from all over the city, invading their territories. A multi-sited look at these populations, based on street ethnography, visual registers, and comparative studies, combines with studies that produced in our research network on the anthropology of waste in Latin America and Europe

Blackwater · Bottled water · Business · Dumping · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Garbage · Geography · Latin Americans · Municipal solid waste · Political science · Sanitation · solid waste management · Waste management · Water resource management · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Engineering · Environmental Science · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Environmental Engineering

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