Jan. 25, 2007
インド・デリー市における廃品回収業者―都市貧困層の分析―
Waste Pickers and Collectors in Delhi -An Analysis of the Urban Poor-
要旨Abstract
ごみ拾い人とごみ集荷人はデリーにおける廃品回収業の最下層を構成している．ごみ拾い人は公園や道路といった公共の場からごみを拾い，ごみ集荷人は家庭や企業からごみを買取り，それを業者に卸すことで生計を立てている．ごみ拾い人の多くは貧困ライン以下の，ごみ集荷人はそれよりわずかに上の生活を送っている．ごみ集荷人や上位の流通業者間では，相互扶助の共同体的メカニズムが働いているが，そのような共同体に参入するための伝手を持たないごみ拾い人は恒常的な貧困に囚われている．その貧しさに関わらず，彼らの社会的貢献は大きい．彼らは，市が必要としたであろうごみ処理費用を削減し，またごみ排出者へ所得をもたらしている．
Waste pickers and collectors constitute the bottom layer of waste recycling in the metropolis of Delhi. Pickers collect waste just by picking it up from public places such as garbage dumps and the streets, whereas collectors purchase waste from waste producers such as households and shops for sale to high-level waste traders. Most pickers have incomes below the poverty line set by the Planning Commission of India, whereas the majority of collectors earn marginally higher than the poverty-line income. The poverty of pickers is not transitory but chronic as they have no connection to enter the community of collectors and higher-level waste traders. Despite their low economic and social status, pickers and collectors are making important contributions to society. They are adding more value than their own income to waste producers' income and to the saving of the city government's expenditure for disposing waste.
書誌情報Bibliographic information
Vol. 56, No. 1, 2005 , pp. 1-14
HERMES-IR（一橋大学機関リポジトリ）: https://doi.org/10.15057/21223
