Bhagyashree Katkade
Recife, a city in Brazil, has faced some of the most severe impacts of climate change. Among many reasons contributing to the city’s devastating state, one important factor is the lack of effective solid waste management. Unplanned urbanisation and improper sanitation have led to severe environmental risks. Inadequate sewage infrastructure is visible through practices such as covering streams with concrete. This is harmful not only to the significant population in informal settings, but also to water bodies that get neglected in the process. During my exploration of this issue in depth, a detailed stakeholder map evolved while studying the relationships between them. The mapping process revealed the affected communities and the responsible entities. By studying the existing initiatives, stakeholders who contributed to the improvement of the issue were included. Additionally, potential stakeholders that aren’t present in the system yet but could be considered have also been included. It aims to address research questions by analysing complexity, highlighting the most affected, including non-human stakeholders, and, most importantly, it could act as a foundational document for building participatory planning, promoting collaborative strategies to enhance environmental governance and resilience in Recife’s fight against the impacts of climate change.
KEYWORDS: solid waste management, stakeholder map, relationships, systems map.
