AVILTAMENTO SANITÁRIO: negligência institucional e práticas sociometabólicas na mesorregião belo-horizontina

This study investigates sanitation inequalities in vulnerable communities within the mesoregion of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, highlighting how institutional neglect perpetuates sociospatial inequalities and social exclusion. Using photographic compositions and qualitative methods, the study examines the material and symbolic conditions associated with sanitation precarity, focusing on water supply, waste management, urban drainage, and domestic sanitation spaces. The findings emphasize the importance of heterogeneous infrastructure
configurations and socio-metabolic practices in understanding local strategies of adaptation and resistance. The research underscores the need for inclusive and adaptive public policies that promote environmental justice and ensure the universal right to basic sanitation.