Engendering climate change: learnings from South Asia

This book focuses on the gendered experiences of environmental change across different geographies and social contexts in South Asia and on diverse strategies of adapting to climate variability. The book analyzes how changes in rainfall patterns, floods, droughts, heatwaves and landslides affect tho...

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Other Authors: Anjal Prakash (Editor), Hans, Asha (Editor), Patel, Amrita (Editor), Rao, Nitya (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Routledge India 2020
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:This book focuses on the gendered experiences of environmental change across different geographies and social contexts in South Asia and on diverse strategies of adapting to climate variability. The book analyzes how changes in rainfall patterns, floods, droughts, heatwaves and landslides affect those who are directly dependent on the agrarian economy. It examines the socio-economic pressures, including the increase in women's work burdens both in production and reproduction on gender relations. It also examines coping mechanisms such as male migration and the formation of women's collectives which create space for agency and change in rigid social relations. The volume looks at perspectives from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal to present the nuances of gender relations across borders along with similarities and differences across geographical, socio-cultural and policy contexts. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of sociology, development, gender, economics, environmental studies and South Asian studies. It will also be useful for policymakers, NGOs and think tanks working in the areas of gender, climate change and development
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (1 volume) illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:1000335313
1000335356
1000335399
1003142400
9781000335316
9781000335354
9781000335392
9781003142409
Access:Open Access

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