Municipal Waste Policy and Institutional Environment in Rio Grande do Sul

Authors

  • Davide Carbonai Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFGRS)
  • Juliana Baum Tribunal de Contas do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (UFGRS)
  • Sergio Camiz Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFGRS)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612020000200139

Keywords:

urban environment, urban services, urban sustainability

Abstract

The National Solid Waste Policy (Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, pnrs) assigns Brazilian municipalities the responsibility of providing urban cleaning and waste management services; however, scholars report the difficulty of municipalities in adopting a policy that meets the obligations of the aforementioned law. This article explores the correspondences between the municipal institutional environment itself (the main socioeconomic, political and cultural factors) and municipal waste management (specifically, the presence of an Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan). After a brief introduction to the issue, this paper shows a descriptive analysis of the presence of these plans in the mesoregions of Rio Grande do Sul. The article then presents a multiple correspondence analysis that provides an exploratory

Published

2020-05-02

How to Cite

Carbonai, D., Baum, J., & Camiz, S. (2020). Municipal Waste Policy and Institutional Environment in Rio Grande do Sul. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 46(138). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612020000200139

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