Urban climate justice : theory, praxis, resistance / edited by Jennifer L. Rice, Joshua Long, Anthony Levenda.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Realizing the just city in the era of climate change : the urban politics of climate (in)security and (in)equality / Jennifer L. Rice, Anthony Levenda, and Joshua Long -- Just sustainabilities in a changing climate / Vanesa Castán Broto, Linda Westman, Ping Huang, and Enora Robin -- Reclaiming land governance under climate change / Linda Shi and Dietrich Bouma -- Budgeting for climate justice? Contested futures of urban finance / Sarah Knuth -- Climate urbanism as green structural adjustment : unequal center-periphery relations in the age of climate crisis / Jonathan Silver -- Leveraging urban climate action for transformative social justice / Joan Fitzgerald, Gloria Schmitz, and Jennie C. Stephens -- Bringing equity into climate change : adaptation planning in New York City / Robin Leichenko, Sheila R. Foster, and Khai Hoan Nguyen -- Making movements : mobilizing for more just socioecological futures in a megacity / Kian Goh -- Visibilizing queer resilience : representational justice for the climate movement / Vanessa Raditz -- Beyond the racial state, racial capitalism, and settler colonialism: toward a grassroots climate justice / Diego Martinez-Lugo -- "Accounting" for climate justice : fiscal fights over climate-changed urban futures / Savannah Cox -- Love in the time of climate crisis : climate justice through a universalism of the oppressed / Ankit Kumar -- Confronting privilege: the radical potential of eco-communities for urban climate justice / Jenny Pickerill -- Conclusion: Toward transformative urban climate justice : abolition, care, and reparations / Anthony Levenda, Jennifer L. Rice, and Joshua Long.

Arguing that climate injustice is one of our most pressing urban problems, this edited volume explores the possibilities and challenges for more just urban futures under climate change. From displacement within cities through carbon gentrification, to the increasing securitization of elite spaces for climate protection, climate justice and urban justice are intimately connected. Authors in the volume build theoretical tools for interrogating the root causes of climate change, as well as policy failures. Authors also highlight knowledge produced with communities already seeking transformative change and demonstrate meaningful learning from activist groups working to address the socio-natural injustices of climate change impacts. The editors' Introduction situates our current climate emergency within historical processes of colonization, racial capitalism, and heteropatriarchy, while the editors' Conclusion offers pathways forward through abolition, care, and reparations. Where other books focus on the project of critique, this collection advances real world politics to help academics, practitioners, and social justice groups actually imagine, create, and enact more just urban futures under climate change.