Twelve global planning and urban design interventions-and what they reveal about equity-centered urban resilience in the face of climate change.
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 preexisting 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'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.
By:
Zachary B. Lamb,
Lawrence J. Vale
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262549868
ISBN 10: 0262549867
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 29 October 2024
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
Zachary B. Lamb is Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. His research investigates how urban design and planning shape uneven vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. Lawrence J. Vale is Associate Dean and Ford Professor of Urban Design and Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is best known for Architecture, Power, and National Identity and the coedited volume The Resilient City.
