Urban environment and unequal urban environmental policies: a case study in Argentina.

BRITES WALTER FERNANDO

SiD. Sustainability in Debate.

Centre for Sustainable Development (CDS)

Lugar: Brasilia; Año: 2024 vol. 15 p. 168 - 185

This study analyses different and unequal urban environmental problems in the city of Posadas(Argentina), where there are different social practices of environmental care and management accordingto neighbourhoods. The aim was to understand and describe the action or lack of action of environmentallegislation or policy concerning different urban areas. Based on a quantitative survey, the spatial contextof the neighbourhoods was linked to environmental problems and policies, environmental care practices,opinions, attitudes, and social self-management processes in each neighbourhood. It describes howpeople living in the poorest neighbourhoods are disproportionately exposed to adverse environmentalconditions and risks. Neighbourhoods in urban spaces with high environmental quality have moreservices, resources and government attention, while the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods in thecity are also the least favoured by policies and deficient urban structures.