The Equitably Resilient City

Twelve global planning and urban design interventions—and what they reveal about equity-centered urban resilience in the face of climate change.

Hillside favelas in South America imperiled by landslides. Flood-threatened mobile home parks on the American Gulf Coast. Canal-side settlements facing eviction in megacities in southeast Asia. Too often the places most vulnerable to climate change are the ones that are home to people with the fewest economic and political resources. And while some leaders are starting to take action to reduce climate risks, many early adaptation schemes have actually made pre-existing inequalities worse. In <The Equitably Resilient City<, Zachary Lamb and Lawrence Vale ask how cities can adapt to climate change and other threats while also doing right by disadvantaged residents.

Lamb and Vale&rsquo;s model for the equitably resilient city includes four central domains: 1) environmental safety and vitality; 2) security from displacement; 3) stable and dignified livelihoods; and 4) enhanced self-governance. These principles represent the four LEGS (Livelihoods, Environment, Governance, and Security) of equitable resilience. To illustrate these core principles, the book draws on 12 case studies from settlements facing a range of hazards across diverse geographies in the Global North and South, from heat stress in Paris to drought in Bolivia to floods in Bangkok and New Orleans. Offering concrete strategies in the form of planning, community action, and design interventions, Lamb and Vale show that equitable urban resilience is not a pipe dream nor an abstract ethical proposition, but an achievable reality grounded in struggle and solidarity.

Auteur

Zachary B. Lamb and Lawrence J. Vale

Contenu

Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Urbanization, Inequality, and Climate Crisis
Part I: Environment
Equitably Resilient Environments: Knowledge, Protection, and Ecological Vitality
Case 1. Gentilly Resilience District: Ambitious Aims and Political Perils in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Case 2. Paraisópolis: Seeking Environmentally Secure Housing in a São Paulo Favela
Case 3. Paris OASIS: Co-Design for Heat-Adaptive Schoolyard Renovations
Learning from Three Struggles for Equitably Resilient Environments
Part II: Security
Equitably Resilient Security: Stability, Cohesion, and Recognition
Case 4. Pasadena Trails: Resident-Owned Resilience in Manufactured Home Parks
Case 5. Comunidad María Auxiliadora: Seeking Water and Security in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Case 6. Baan Mankong: “People-Driven” Secure Housing in Bangkok
Learning from Three Struggles for Equitably Resilient Security
Part III: Livelihoods
Equitably Resilient Livelihoods: Capacity, Accommodation, and Access
Case 7. Living Cully: Environmental Wealth Building in a Portland Neighborhood
Case 8. Yerwada In-Situ Upgrading: Preserving and Growing Place-Based Livelihoods in Pune, India
Case 9. From Dafen Village to Dafen Oil Painting Village: Selective Advancement of Livelihoods in Shenzhen
Learning from Three Struggles for Equitably Resilient Livelihoods
Part IV: Governance
Equitably Resilient Governance: Self-Efficacy, Control, and Influence
Case 10. Thunder Valley: Regenerating Self-Sovereignty on the Pine Ridge Reservation
Case 11. Community-Generated Public Space Projects in Nairobi’s Kibera Settlements
Case 12. Caño Martín Peña: Building Channels for Equitable Governance in San Juan
Learning from Three Struggles for Equitably Resilient Governance
Conclusion: Axioms of Equitable Resilience
Notes
Index