Villalba Ferreira Mario, Dijkstra Geske, Scholten Peter, Sucozhañay Dolores
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan, 50, 14th Floor, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Public Administration and Sociology (DPAS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Waste Manag. 2022 Aug 1;150:208-217. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.07.008. Epub 2022 Jul 16.
There is an increasing awareness that effective waste management is essential for transitioning towards a circular economy and achieving sustainable development goals. Scholars have studied inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) as a governance solution with the potential to generate economies of scale and reduce financial costs in waste management. However, previous research has not yet focused on measuring the effectiveness of different types of cooperation on social and environmental outcomes. We analyse the effect of different types of IMC, ranging from indirect to collaborative, on Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) indicators. Our embedded qualitative case study in the emerging metropolitan region of Cuenca-Azogues (Ecuador) found that municipalities that invested in more complex cooperation types achieved better integrated waste management performance, particularly on final disposal, citizen participation, inclusion of recyclers and environmental sustainability.
人们越来越意识到，有效的废物管理对于向循环经济转型和实现可持续发展目标至关重要。学者们已将市际合作（IMC）作为一种治理解决方案进行研究，这种方案有可能在废物管理中产生规模经济并降低财务成本。然而，先前的研究尚未侧重于衡量不同类型的合作对社会和环境成果的有效性。我们分析了从间接合作到协作合作等不同类型的市际合作对综合固体废物管理（ISWM）指标的影响。我们在厄瓜多尔昆卡 - 阿索格斯新兴大都市地区进行的嵌入式定性案例研究发现，投资于更复杂合作类型的城市取得了更好的综合废物管理绩效，特别是在最终处置、公民参与、回收商纳入和环境可持续性方面。
