Housing tenure, climate resilience, and ecological segregation

This study demonstrates how climate adaptation strategies, even when legally compliant and technically sound, can reproduce social inequality within welfare-state systems. In Copenhagen, city-wide mandates such as the separation of stormwater from sewage impose disproportionate financial burdens on residents of not-for-profit housing. These inequities stem not from market speculation but from technomanagerial governance, a mode of decision-making that prioritizes regulatory compliance and technical efficiency over social equity. By linking housing tenure, adaptation finance, and measures of ecological segregation, the study exposes a critical institutional gap that undermines just and inclusive pathways to urban climate resilience.