Muheirwe Florence, Kombe Wilbard Jackson, Kihila Jacob Mabula
Institute of Human Settlements Studies, Ardhi University, P. O. Box 35176, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Urban Forum (Johannesbg). 2023 Feb 8:1-22. doi: 10.1007/s12132-023-09482-2.
Formal and informal institutions exist to regulate actors providing solid waste collection services in African cities, yet collection coverage remains low. The study examines the role of institutions in enabling and/or constraining actors' participation and collaboration in solid waste collection in Kampala City. A qualitative methodological approach is employed by conducting in-depth interviews, focused group discussions, and reviewing documents. A dilemma in waste regulation manifests. Whereas regulations favour formal actors, informal actors predominantly provide waste collection services in poor neighbourhoods. Stringent requirements for participation and discriminatory bylaws are exposed. The interplay between formal and informal actors is vibrant but not legally supported. Therefore, it is prudent for effective planning to accommodate the operations of formal and informal actors and their interface to ensure smart cities. This might encourage participation and enable actors' collaboration, consequently reducing uncollected waste volumes and illegal waste disposal sites in the informal settlements.
正式和非正式制度的存在是为了规范非洲城市中提供固体废物收集服务的行为主体，但收集覆盖率仍然很低。该研究考察了制度在促进和/或限制坎帕拉市固体废物收集行为主体的参与及合作方面所起的作用。通过进行深入访谈、焦点小组讨论以及查阅文件，采用了定性研究方法。废物监管中出现了一个两难困境。虽然法规有利于正式行为主体，但在贫困社区，主要是非正式行为主体提供废物收集服务。参与的严格要求和歧视性细则被揭示出来。正式和非正式行为主体之间的相互作用很活跃，但缺乏法律支持。因此，为了实现智慧城市，有效的规划谨慎地考虑正式和非正式行为主体的运营及其相互关系是明智的。这可能会鼓励参与并促成行为主体之间的合作，从而减少非正规住区未收集的垃圾量和非法垃圾处理场。
