Lived experiences of “invisibilized” slum and informal settlement populations: Climate change impacts, adaptation, and the way forward for slum transformation

This study investigates how vulnerabilities manifest in two urban contexts in Bangladesh: Chattogram, where residents face recurrent flooding and infrastructural breakdowns, and Cox’s Bazar, where climate migrants from Kutubdia Island endure catastrophic cyclones, tidal surges, and salinity intrusion. Climate change disproportionately affects the urban poor, particularly those living in informal settlements that are excluded from protective infrastructure and planning systems.