Thaddeus Chidi Nzeadibe, Friday Uchenna Ochege in: The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability pp 313-329 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-71389-2_16 Abstract The centrality of waste collection and recycling to the lives of the poor in African cities in the post-2015 development era was the main motivation for this study. Unfortunately, the informal waste economy in Africa is generally excluded from mainstream of urban governance and socio-economic processes. As a result, vulnerabilities abound in the informal waste-based livelihoods. Using a case study of waste workers in the city of Aba in Nigeria, this chapter examines urban vulnerability as a converse to social sustainability of waste workers in Nigerian cities. While noting the relevance of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) 8 and 11 to urban sustainability of livelihoods of informal waste workers, the chapter argues that location within the urban area...
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