Public consortia of solid waste in Brazil: an analysis of the shared management profile on territory

Authors

  • Rosi Cristina Espindola da Silveira Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2016v4n2p049-077

Keywords:

Cooperation, inter-municipal consortium, public consortium, solid waste management, territory.

Abstract

The article approaches the importance of Public Consortia [PC] for inter-municipal cooperation and shared management of urban solid waste. The institutional arrangements considered by the Law of Consortiums are gradually becoming more popular among the Brazilian municipalities, although still prevails a short-term culture based on sectoral actions in answering local demands. Municipal managers are realizing that inter-municipal cooperation can be a viable and sustainable strategy to confront sectoral issues with economies of scale, as well as to integrate it into a wider and more dynamic territory in the regional development processes. The aim of the article is to present an overview of the evolution of PC and of the consortium management of urban solid waste in Brazil by reflecting on its potential from the perspective of inter-municipal cooperation. It is concluded that the PC are viable for both: the search for common solutions as well as the process of regional development through cooperation and the shared use of decision, operation and transparent information systems by its members.

JEL-Code | Q53; R11; R59.

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Author Biography

Rosi Cristina Espindola da Silveira, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC

Professora colaboradora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Regional da UNISC;

Professora do Departamento de Engenharia, Arquitetura e Ciências Agrárias da UNISC

Published

2016-12-12

How to Cite

da Silveira, R. C. E. (2016). Public consortia of solid waste in Brazil: an analysis of the shared management profile on territory. Revista Brasileira De Desenvolvimento Regional, 4(2), 049–077. https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2016v4n2p049-077

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