ABSTRACT
A growing body of literature has exposed how efforts to convert cities into climate-safe zones intertwine with patterns of uneven development, spatial segregation and profound inequality, often reinforcing marginalization of subaltern communities. Henrique proposes an empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated case study on São Paulo (Brazil). In 2009, the local government announced the removal of 7,500 low-income families along the Tietê River to implement a multi-million-dollar adaptation plan aimed to protect the city from floods. Adopting a feminist approach, the author examines the grassroots resistance to this and other government interventions, showing how the coproduction of spaces, bodies, and political subjects can provide lessons for more just adaptation efforts within and outside the floodplain.
