Introduction

Hordijk, Michaela and Roy, Manoj Kumar and Hulme, David and Cawood, Sally (2016) Introduction. In: Urban poverty and climate change : life in the slums of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research . Routledge, London, pp. 3-12. ISBN 9781138860506

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the key concerns, concepts and principles that bind the empirical cases presented in 12 subsequent chapters. In particular, it raises two concerns: (a) that understanding multifaceted urban poverty requires a conscious consideration of climate change as a global process with local impacts; and (b) there is a lack of meaningful action to incorporate and understand climate change impacts on the urban poor. It also raises five concepts and principles: participation; adaptation; co-creation; resilience; and transformation.