Advancing a slum–circular economy model for sustainability transition in cities of the Global South

Title: Advancing a slum–circular economy model for sustainability transition in cities of the Global South
Creator: Abunyewah, Matthew; Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael Odel; Okyere, Seth Asare; Boateng, Festival Godwin
Relation: Nature Sustainability Vol. 6, Issue November 2023, p. 1304-1311
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01176-8
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2023
Description: The circular economy (CE) is touted to have the potential to support the much-needed shift away from the current linear production and consumption economic model. However, many of the discussions on the CE have overlooked cities in the Global South, casting their pervasive slums as enclaves of socio-environmental problems and a barrier to sustainable development. In this Perspective, we highlight subaltern circularity in the Global South, developing a slum–CE theoretical model that illuminates how the practices underlying slum life intersect with the key principles of the CE. The findings of this Perspective offer directions for future slum–CE research and policy in cities in the Global South.
Subject: economics; housing; sustainabiity; Global South; SDG 8; SDG 17; Sustainable Development Goals
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1494299
Identifier: uon:53762
Identifier: ISSN:2398-9629
Language: eng
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