Commentary: Inequality, precarity and sustainable ecosystems as elements of urban resilience
| Autor: | W. Neil Adger, Tasneem Siddiqui, Lucy Szaboova, Ricardo Safra de Campos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Physical infrastructure
Inequality media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Environmental Science (miscellaneous) 01 natural sciences Urban Studies Transformative learning Precarity Urban system Ecosystem Sociology Resilience (network) Urban resilience Environmental planning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common |
| Zdroj: | Urban Studies. 57:1588-1595 |
| ISSN: | 1360-063X 0042-0980 |
| Popis: | The science of resilience suggests that urban systems become resilient when they promote progressive transformative change to social and physical infrastructure. But resilience is challenged by global environmental risks and by social and economic trends that create inequality and exclusion. Here we argue that distortionary inequality and precarity undermine social processes that give access to public infrastructure and ecosystems thereby undermining urban resilience. We illustrate how inequality and precarity undermine resilience with reference to social exclusion and insecurity in growing urban settlements in the Asia-Pacific region. Inequality and exposure to environmental risks represent major challenges for governance that can be best overcome through inclusion and giving voice to marginalised populations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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