Systemic inequalities, which affect how water is distributed and used, underlie water insecurities in higher-income (global North) countries. We explore the interlinkages between municipal decision-making and infrastructure to understand how urban climate justice can be advanced through engaging with state-like forms of governance. Drawing on archival information, spatial analysis, participant observation, and semi-structured interviews in the underbounded Latinx community of East Porterville, California, we analyze how local actors actively work against municipal-scale processes of infrastructure exclusion and production, within and beyond the state, to facilitate water access and particular notions of citizenship. We argue urban climate justice demands both an understanding of infrastructural marginalization, and attention to the diversity of perspectives, approaches, and solutions preferred by communities.
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Méndez-Barrientos, L. E., Fencl, A. L., Workman, C. L., & Shah, S. H. (2023). Race, citizenship, and belonging in the pursuit of water and climate justice in California. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 6(3), 1614–1635. https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486221133282
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