The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis

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Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Urbanization, Inequality, and Climate Crisis
	Cities, Climate Change, and Resilience
	The Equitably Resilient City
	The “The”
	The Four LEGS of Equitable Resilience
	Overall Book Structure
	Learning from Partial Successes: Using the LEGS Framework
	Scales of Equitable Resilience
I. Environment
	Equitably Resilient Environments: Knowledge, Protection, and Ecological Vitality
		Planning, Design, and Urban Environmental Hazards
		Climate Crises and Cities
		Environmentally Equitable Resilience across Scales
	Case 1. Gentilly Resilience District: Ambitious Aims and Political Perils in Post-Katrina New Orleans
		Overview
		Introduction: Katrina in Gentilly
		Environment: Reintegrating Water into a Delta City Neighborhood
		Security: Green Infrastructure as a Potential Driver of Displacement
		Livelihoods: Resilience Jobs?
		Governance: Creative Engagement within a Limited Scope
		Conclusion
	Case 2. Paraisópolis: Seeking Environmentally Secure Housing in a São Paulo Favela
		Overview
		Introduction: Urbanizing Paraisópolis
		The Paraisópolis Condomínios and Equitable Resilience
		Environment: Protecting Favela Residents While Mitigating Displacement
		Security: Promises and Realities
		Livelihoods: Linking Housing to Lasting Affordability
		Governance: Regaining Trust
		Conclusion: The Ongoing Quest for Environmental Safety and Community Control
	Case 3. Paris Oasis: Co-Design for Heat-Adaptive Schoolyard Renovations
		Overview
		Introduction: Coping with Urban Heat
		Paris OASIS and Equitable Resilience
		Climate Refuges and Learning Oases: Environmental Dimensions of Resilience
		Co-Design and Neighborhood Solidarity: Governance for Equitable Resilience
		Livelihoods
		Security
		Conclusion: A Promising Pilot
	Learning from Three Struggles for Equitably Resilient Environments
II. Security
	Equitably Resilient Security: Stability, Cohesion, and Recognition
		Planning, Design, and Security
		Climate Crises and Security
		Equitable Resilience through Security across Scales
		Partial Successes in Equitable Security Resilience
	Case 4. Pasadena Trails: Resident-Owned Resilience in Manufactured Home Parks
		Overview
		Introduction: A Manufactured Solution for Housing
		The ROC USA Model and Equitable Resilience
		Security: Resilience through Convivencia
		Environment: Mobilizing Experiential Knowledge to Reduce Vulnerability
		Governance: The Power to Act
		Livelihoods: Sustaining Access to Jobs and Services
		Conclusion: Resident-Owned Resilience
	Case 5. Comunidad María Auxiliadora: Seeking Water and Security in Cochabamba, Bolivia
		Overview
		Introduction: Water War and Peace
		Security: Building Solidarity through Collective Ownership
		Governance: A Struggle for Control and Communal Agency
		Environment: Incomplete Protection
		Accommodating Livelihoods and Building Capacities
		Conclusion: The Partial Successes of an Ambitious Comunidad
	Case 6. Baan Mankong: “People-Driven” Secure Housing in Bangkok
		Overview
		Introduction: Informal Urbanization and Upgrading in Thailand
		Baan Mankong and Equitable Resilience
		Environment: “We Started with the Issue of Dirty Water”
		Security: Land for Housing the Poor
		Livelihoods: People-Driven Work, Income, and Services
		Governance: Commoning and People-Driven Design
		Conclusion
	Learning from Three Struggles for Equitably Resilient Security
III. Livelihoods
	Equitably Resilient Livelihoods: Capacity, Accommodation, and Access
		Planning, Design, and Threats to Livelihoods
		Livelihoods Resilience in the Face of a Changing Climate
		Resilience without Equitable Resilience: The Challenge of Recovering Livelihoods
		Equitably Resilient Livelihoods across Scales
		Equitably Resilient Paths to Livelihoods
	Case 7. Living Cully: Environmental Wealth Building in a Portland Neighborhood
		Overview
		Introduction
		Livelihoods: Training and Employment for Neighborhood Resilience
		Environment: Environmental Wealth and Community Well-Being
		Security: “Displacement Makes Our Communities Less Resilient”
		Governance: Confrontation, Coalition, and Innovation for Sustained Support
		Conclusion: Environmental Wealth for Equitable Resilience
	Case 8. Yerwada In Situ Upgrading: Preserving and Growing Place-Based Livelihoods in Pune, India
		Overview
		Introduction
		Governance: Civil Society Developers and Resident-Driven Design and Construction
		Livelihoods: Preserving Access, Accommodating Home-Based Work, and Direct Employment
		Environment: Adjustments to Place-Based Hazards
		Security: Consolidated Communities with Lingering Informality
		Conclusion
	Case 9. From Dafen Village to Dafen Oil Painting Village: Selective Advancement of Livelihoods in Shenzhen
		Overview
		Introduction
		Dafen and Equitable Resilience
		Livelihoods: Painting the Way to Advancement, Pointing the Way to Inequity
		Security: Seeking a Stable Place to Prosper
		Governance Partnerships: Struggles to Link Indigenous Villagers and Local Government
		Environmental Resilience: Belated Protections for New Constituencies
		Conclusion: The Limits of Equitably Resilient Livelihoods
	Learning from Three Struggles for Equitably Resilient Livelihoods
lV. Governance
	Equitably Resilient Governance: Self-Efficacy, Control, and Influence
		Governance, Planning, and Design
		Climate Crises and Governance
		Design and Climate Governance
		Resilient Governments without Equitably Resilient Governance
		Equitable Resilience through Self-Governance across Scales
		The Cases: Partial Success in Equitable Resilience through Self-Governance
	Case 10. Thunder Valley: Regenerating Self-Sovereignty on the Pine Ridge Reservation
		Overview
		Introduction
		Thunder Valley CDC and Equitable Resilience
		Modeling Indigenous Governance, within and beyond Tribal Government
		Securing Land, Securing People
		Regenerating Livelihoods across Pine Ridge
		Environment: Greening Thunder Valley
		Conclusion: Achievements and Challenges
	Case 11. Community-Generated Public Spaces In Nairobi’S Kibera Settlements
		Overview
		Introduction
		KPSP and Equitable Resilience
		Governance: Community Driven, Not Just Community Serving
		Livelihoods: Supporting Kibera Residents within and beyond KPSP Sites
		Coping with Environmental Risks in Kibera
		Securing Kibera: Progress and Limitations
		Conclusion: Expanding from Vital Public Spaces
	Case 12. Caño Martín Peña: Building Channels for Equitable Governance in San Juan
		Overview
		Introduction: Channeling Development
		El Caño and Equitable Resilience
		Governance: New Channels for Empowered Partnership
		Security: New Channels for Collective Land Tenure and Affordability
		Environment: New Channels for Personal and Community Well-Being
		Livelihoods: New Channels for Economic Advancement
		Conclusion: Toward Holistic Equitable Resilience
	Learning from Three Struggles for Equitably Resilient Governance
Conclusion: Axioms of Equitable Resilience
	1. Deeply Rooted Injustices Shape Possible Resilient Futures
	2. Pursuit of Equitable Resilience Entails Sustained Struggle
	3. Progress in One Dimension of Equitable Resilience Can Support Progress in Other Dimensions
	4. The Dimensions of Equitable Resilience Can Come into Conflict
	5. Actions at One Scale Can Threaten Progress at Other Scales
	6. Sustaining Productive Struggles Demands Coalitions that Bond and Bridge
	7. Government Action Is a Necessary but Insufficient Condition for Equitable Resilience
	8. Lasting Solidarity Requires Both Informal Community Building and Formal Recognition
	9. Productive Contestation Can Advance Equitable Resilience
	10. Equitable Resilience Enlists Design for Systemic Change, Not Just Projects
	Equitable Resilience: From Projects to Principles
Notes
	Introduction
	Equitably Resilient Environments
	Case 1: Gentilly Resilience District
	Case 2: Paraisópolis Condomínios
	Case 3: Paris OASIS
	Learning from Three Strug­gles for Equitably Resilient Environments
	Equitably Resilient Security
	Case 4: Pasadena Trails
	Case 5: Comunidad María Auxiliadora
	Case 6: Baan Mankong
	Learning from Three Strug­gles for Equitably Resilient Security
	Equitably Resilient Livelihoods
	Case 7: Living Cully
	Case 8: Yerwada
	Case 9: Dafen
	Equitably Resilient Governance
	Case 10: Thunder Valley
	Case 11: Kounkuey Design Initiative
	Case 12: Caño Martín Peña
	Learning from Three Strug­gles for Equitable Governance
	Conclusion
Index
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