Climate-induced migration and resilient cities: a new urban agenda for sustainable development

Diogo Andreola Serraglio; Heline Sivini Ferreira; Nicholas Robinson

doi:10.5007/2177-7055.2019v41n83p10

Authors

Diogo Andreola Serraglio Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR)
Heline Sivini Ferreira Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8736-8147
Nicholas Robinson Elisabeth Haub School of Law da Pace University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2177-7055.2019v41n83p10

Abstract

The study aims at examining how climate-induced migration can contribute to the sustainable development of cities. Through the deductive approach, the linkages between climate change and human mobility are initially analyzed. Thereafter, it investigates how urban centers deal with such phenomena. It then looks into the Agenda 2030, with a special focus on the SDG 11. Despite the attempt to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, this SDG does not take into account the role played by climate-induced migrants in urbanized areas. In view of this, the New Urban Agenda (UN-HABITAT) is explored: it recognizes that migrants can bring significant social, economic and cultural contributions to urban life.

Author Biographies

Diogo Andreola Serraglio, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR)

Postdoctoral fellow at the Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). Doctor and Master in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR).

Nicholas Robinson, Elisabeth Haub School of Law da Pace University

PhD in Law from Columbia University School of Law. Professor at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.

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