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)
Año2019
Volumen22
Número2
Páginas112-114
Fecha de publicación2019-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal for the Anthropology of North America (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2475-5389 • E-ISSN: 2475-5389
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/nad.12103
OpenAlexW2990493662
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias 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