Editorial

Mapping of the Sanitation Sector in Brazil from the Perspective of the Actor-Network Theory

“…Based on information available on their institutional websites and/or documents collected, they are categorized into four types of information, based on their informational nature: economic-financial; social; environmental and regulatory. To the three dimensions of sustainability of the Triple Bottom Line (Elkington, 1997), the regulatory dimension was added, as it is a sector with a high need for standardization and supervision of public sanitation services (Alves, 2018);…”

“…It aims to position the actor within the network, and may have federal, state and municipal breadth. This categorization was intended to trace the line of performance and the profile of performance within the network (Alves, 2018), since it is a field with diverse actors. Source: Self-drafting In total, 70 documents were downloaded from the electronic sites of the actors analyzed.…”

“…Inter-municipal regulatory agencies are characterized by an association between different municipalities, which makes them special in their dynamics. The association between municipalities belonging to the same state, through agreements or consortia, allows the management associated with public services in a shared way, in which the most structured municipality in its metropolitan region leads the management, with the intention of helping the structuring of smaller municipalities, being allowed by the Federal Constitution (Alves, 2018).…”