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作者

Gayatri Jai Singh Rathore

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.41,Issue6,P.902-906

语言

英文

关键字

Waste,circular economy,informal workers,decentralization,caste networks

作者单位

SciencesPo Centre de recherches internationales (CERI) , Paris, France

摘要

Harvesting e-waste is a significant economic activity in India, largely carried out by the informal sector. However, waste governance and planning promote the implementation of technologically driven, capital-intensive, and centralized waste recycling infrastructure, which sidelines the efforts of informal labor and renders commodity movements invisible. This intervention therefore argues for a shift from techno managerial to a socio-political analysis of circular economy. It calls for decentralized and localized low-value site-specific model that integrate the already existing informal caste networks. KEYWORDS: Wastecircular economyinformal workersdecentralizationcaste networks Disclosure statement No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.