Urban dirty work : labour strategies, environmental health, and coping among informal recyclers in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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2011
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University of Toronto
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The research sets a baseline for the living and working conditions of approximately 9,000 informal recyclers (“cartoneros”) in Buenos Aires, focusing on health, socio-economic status, and access to social and material resources. Cartoneros’ experiences of the city are characterized by a series of social, political, and physical exclusions, revealing a state of urban inequality in Buenos Aires. The municipal government has recently implemented a formalization plan for some of the city’s cartoneros. The dissertation includes an assessment of these plans, as well as recommendations for other policy-based interventions to informal recycling practices.
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ARGENTINA, WASTE MANAGEMENT, RECYCLING, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, URBAN POOR, URBAN PLANNING, URBAN ENVIRONMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, VULNERABLE GROUPS, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, HEALTH RESEARCH, BUENOS AIRES, SOUTH AMERICA