Flows,system boundaries and the politics of urban metabolism: Waste management in Mexico City and Santiago de Chile |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, United Kingdom;2. Development Planning Unit, University College London, United Kingdom;1. Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA, United States;2. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, United States;1. IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Lucca, Italy;2. National Research Council, Institute for Complex Systems Studies, Rome, Italy;3. University of Toronto, Canada;4. Enel Foundation, Rome, Italy |
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| Abstract: | In this paper we examine two central concepts of urban metabolism (‘system boundaries’ and ‘flows’), and explore how to approach them as a means to politicise urban metabolism research. We present empirical findings from two case studies of waste management, in Mexico City and Santiago de Chile, looking at: the materiality of waste flows, the actors involved in them, and how waste flows relate to issues of environmental justice. We argue that urban metabolism, as a methodology to understand urban sustainability, has the potential to produce knowledge to trigger urban transformations, and to analyse the social, political and environmental aspects of waste management in urban areas. |
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| Keywords: | Political-industrial ecology Urban metabolism Waste management Mexico City Santiago de Chile |
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