Environmental Disruptions and Migrant (Im)mobilities in Urban Africa

本研究将通过对坎帕拉移民日常生活的民族志研究来调查城市洪水与（非）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越来越大压力的众多因素中的四个，尤其是在非洲城市（Parnell和Walawege 2011）。联合国预测显示，从2025年到2030年，坎帕拉将成为世界上增长第二快的城市（Hobson和Kathage 2017）。坎帕拉面临的一个关键发展挑战，也是其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72%的难民面临洪水的威胁，但人们几乎不知道这对他们的日常生活有何影响（AGORA 2018）。因此，需要研究历史上被边缘化的“社区”，如移民，如何在面对社会生态不平等的情况下维持生计。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，环境因素对移民和难民的影响是适当的——所有这些在“灾难”期间都会加剧（Shewly 2016）。

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).