Environmental Disruptions and Migrant (Im)mobilities in Urban Africa

非洲城市的环境破坏和移民流动

• 批准号: 2737759
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Sheffield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2737759
• 关键词: Environmental; Disruptions; Migrant; Im; mobilities

This research will investigate the relationship between urban flooding and (im)mobility through an ethnographic study of migrants' everyday lives in Kampala. Anthropogenic climate change, limited state investment, deficient spatial planning and migration are four of myriad factors placing increased pressure on urban infrastructure-particularly in urban Africa (Parnell and Walawege 2011). UN projections suggest Kampala will be the world's second fastest growing city from 2025-2030 (Hobson and Kathage 2017). A key development challenge Kampala faces, and one of its greatest environmental concerns, is flooding (Lwasa 2010). Though data suggests 72% of refugees living in Kampala are exposed to flooding, almost nothing is known of how this impacts their everyday lives (AGORA 2018). Accordingly, research is needed on how historically marginalised 'communities', such as migrants, will sustain livelihoods in the face of socio-ecological inequality. Research has shown it is appropriate to centre the impacts of environmental factors on migrants and refugees due to issues of race, ethnicity, precarious legal status and economic insecurity - all of which are exacerbated during 'disasters' (Shewly 2016).

本研究将通过对坎帕拉移民日常生活的人种学研究来调查城市洪水与流动性之间的关系。人为气候变化、有限的国家投资、缺乏空间规划和移民是给城市基础设施带来更大压力的众多因素中的四个——特别是在非洲城市（Parnell 和 Walawege，2011 年）。联合国预测，从 2025 年到 2030 年，坎帕拉将成为世界上发展第二快的城市（Hobson 和 Kathage，2017 年）。坎帕拉面临的一个关键发展挑战以及最大的环境问题之一是洪水（Lwasa 2010）。尽管数据显示，生活在坎帕拉的难民中有 72% 遭受洪水袭击，但人们几乎不知道这会如何影响他们的日常生活（AGORA 2018）。因此，需要研究历史上边缘化的“社区”（例如移民）在面对社会生态不平等时如何维持生计。研究表明，由于种族、民族、不稳定的法律地位和经济不安全等问题，将环境因素的影响集中在移民和难民身上是适当的——所有这些问题在“灾难”期间都会加剧（Shewly 2016）。