Context (archaeology)

Agriculture

Inequality

Environmental justice

Ecology

Biology

Economic Justice

Citizenship

Archaeology

Urban climate

Economics

Development economics

Climate change

Social injustice

Mathematics

Politics

Geography

Urbanization

Political science

Livelihood

Criminology

Political economy

Sociology

Mathematical analysis

Economic growth

Injustice

Social exclusion

Climate justice

Environment and Urbanization

This paper explores the recognitional dimensions of urban climate change justice in a development context. Through the lens of migrants in the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Surat, we highlight how experiences of environmental marginality can be attributed to a lack of recognition of citizenship rights and informal livelihood strategies. Specifically, the drivers of non-recognition in this situation relate to broken social networks and a lack of political voice, as well as heightened exposure to emerging climate risks and economic precariousness. We find that migrants experience extreme forms of climate injustice as they are often invisible to the official state apparatus, or worse, are actively erased from cities through force or discriminatory development policies. Current theories must therefore engage more seriously with issues of recognition to enable more radical climate justice in cities.

Recognition in urban climate justice: marginality and exclusion of migrants in Indian cities