Racial inequalities in access to sewerage services in Brazilian metropolitan regions

Resumo

The proliferation of the environmental crisis and its unequal urban impacts, though a focus of recent research, intersects with longstanding Brazilian urban challenges such as basic sanitation. This article aims to provide an overview of racial inequalities in access to sewage services, considering three factors: a comparative analysis at the metropolitan scale; an examination of inequalities along the racial distribution of localities; and the quality of sanitation infrastructure. Our findings reveal an overall improvement in sewage coverage for all groups between 2010 and 2022. Nonetheless, a robust and persistent disparity remains apparent across all analyzed variables, displaying distinct patterns among different metropolitan regions and perpetuating historical environmental injustices.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2026

Instituição

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Fonte

Cadernos Metrópole

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:ojs.revistas.pucsp.br:article/71193

Licença

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Temas

InfraestruturaMeio Ambiente

Palavras-chave

injustiça ambientalracismo ambientalsaneamento básicoperiferiacensoenvironmental racismbasic sanitationenvironmental inequalityperipherycensus