Environmental injustice in the privatization of Brazilian sanitation: an empirical analysis
Celio Bermann,
Sonia Maria Gaspar Lontro Hermsdorff
Abstract:This study analyzes whether the low rate of universalizing water supply and sanitation services in Brazil is related to the low participation of private companies in the concession of these services in municipalities in the country. To this end, it discusses basic sanitation in Brazil and its current scenario, its problems from the point of view of environmental injustice, and the existing public/private conflicts. The empirical analysis conducted a data survey of eight municipalities defined in four populatio… Show more
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