ABSTRACT
This chapter authors cite their experiences as a child and then as a social scientist. During their residence as a child, and then as a social scientist, authors observed the effects of climate change on the environment and marginalized communities. It was an almost unavoidable condition of the city's rapid urban growth, most likely fueled by an influx of residents who moved from the rural communities to the city in search of work, which was a consequence of the globalization of labor and agriculture. Water scarcity and the politics behind it are only one factor affecting marginalized populations. They contribute to excess by participating in the global economy, adopting Western culture, and demanding more resources to meet the needs of their growing populations. Marginalized people should be allowed to participate and lead in decisions that impact their own futures, and outsiders may serve as consultants and advocates, but not as decision-makers.
