IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natsus/v6y2023i11d10.1038_s41893-023-01176-8.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

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

Author

Listed:
  • Matthew Abunyewah

    (Charles Darwin University
    University of Newcastle)

  • Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie

    (Charles Darwin University
    Charles Darwin University)

  • Seth Asare Okyere

    (University of Arizona
    Osaka University)

  • Festival Godwin Boateng

    (Hunter College
    Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization)

Abstract

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.

Suggested Citation

  • Matthew Abunyewah & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie & Seth Asare Okyere & Festival Godwin Boateng, 2023. "Advancing a slum–circular economy model for sustainability transition in cities of the Global South," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 6(11), pages 1304-1311, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:6:y:2023:i:11:d:10.1038_s41893-023-01176-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01176-8
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01176-8
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41893-023-01176-8?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:6:y:2023:i:11:d:10.1038_s41893-023-01176-8. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.