Sustainable consumption and production patterns: solid waste and governance challenge from local to global/Padroes sustentaveis de producao e consumo: residuos solidos e os desafios de governanca do global ao local

Solid waste has been growing at an exponential rate because of unsustainable production and consumption patterns. For that reason, it is considered a global issue both in the international political economy perspective and in local and global governance, with multiple actors and levels of analysis,...

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Published in:Meridiano 47 2016-01
Main Authors: Inoue, Cristina Y.A, Machado, Thais Maria, Ribeiro, Lemos
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
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Summary:Solid waste has been growing at an exponential rate because of unsustainable production and consumption patterns. For that reason, it is considered a global issue both in the international political economy perspective and in local and global governance, with multiple actors and levels of analysis, highlighting waste pickers as relevant actors. Keywords: sustainable consumption and production patterns; international political economy; global governance. Os residuos solidos tem crescido em taxas exponenciais. Sao uma das resultantes de padroes insustentaveis de producao e consumo. Constituem, assim, um problema global tanto na perspectiva da economia politica internacional quanto da governanca ambiental local e global, envolvendo multiplos atores e niveis de analise, com destaque para os catadores de materiais reciclaveis como atores relevantes. Palavras-chave: padroes sustentaveis de producao e consumo; economia politica internacional; governanca global.
ISSN:1518-1219
1518-1219
DOI:10.20889/M47e17008