Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, accommodates 18 million people and is one of the largest megacities in the world. A large share of its population is poor and lives in informal settlements which can be called slums. In addition to precarious and unhealthy living conditions, these slum dwellers lack formal land tenure rights and therefore are subject to government-supported evictions. Slum evictions due to various urban development pressures may bring short-term benefits to the urban real estate market but have adverse long-term effects on sustainability and livelihoods of the city’s poor residents. Using the conceptual lens of just sustainability (JS)—which facilitates an investigation of the normative and practical challenges of sustainability and environmental justice—the authors argue that urban development in Dhaka needs to ensure social justice and sustainability. While the geographic focus of this article is Dhaka, this study has direct relevance—in terms of policy and planning implications—for other cities in the Global South.

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全球南方的公正可持续性：达卡特大城市的个案研究

达卡是孟加拉国的首都，可容纳1800万人，是世界上最大的特大城市之一。该国人口的很大一部分是贫穷的，生活在可以称为贫民窟的非正式定居点。除了不稳定和不健康的生活条件外，这些贫民窟居民缺乏正式的土地使用权，因此需要政府支持驱逐。由于各种城市发展压力而导致的贫民窟驱逐可能给城市房地产市场带来短期利益，但对城市贫困居民的可持续性和生计产生不利的长期影响。作者认为，公正可持续性（JS）的概念面有助于促进对可持续性和环境正义的规范性和实际挑战的调查，因此作者认为达卡的城市发展需要确保社会正义和可持续性。尽管本文的地理重点是达卡，但该研究与全球南方其他城市在政策和规划意义上有着直接的关系。