Research, Action and Policy: Addressing the Gendered Impacts of Climate Change

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Alston, Margaret (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Whittenbury, Kerri (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Climate change.; Social work.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Climate Change.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Gender Studies.; Social Work.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

Research, Action and Policy: Addressing the Gendered Impacts of Climate Change presents the voices of women from every continent, women who face vastly different climate events and challenges. The book heralds a new way of understanding climate change that incorporates gender justice and human right...

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• Contents
• Preface
• Part I: Introducing Gender and Climate Change
• 1. Introducing Gender and Climate Change
• Part II: Questioning Gender and Climate Justice
• 2. Gender Climate Knowledge for Justice: Catalyzing a New Research Agenda
• 3. A Climate for Feminist Intervention:  Feminist Science Studies and Climate Change
• 4. Post-Conventional Approaches to Gender, Climate Change and Social Justice
• 5. Two Solitudes, Many Bridges, Big Tent: Women’s Leadership in Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction
• Part III: Interrogating Policy from a Gender Perspective
• 6. Gendering Climate Change:  Implications for Debates, Policies and Practices
• 7. Gender, Development, and Rights-Based Approaches: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation and Adaptive Social Protection
• 8. From “Free” Trade to Farm Women: Gender and the Neoliberal Environment
• 9. Renegotiating Gender as Farming Families Manage Agricultural and Rural Restructuring in the Mallee
• Part IV: Action and Strategies to Address Gender and Climate Change
• 10. Gendered Access to Green Power: Motivations and Barriers for Changing the Energy Provider
• 11. A Path to Implementation: Gender-Responsive Climate Change Strategies
• 12. The Gender Gap in Environmental Attitudes: A System Justification Perspective
• Part V: Gender and Climate Change Examples from Around the World
• 13. Gender and Climate Change in Australia and the Pacific
• 14. Gender Issues in Climate Change Adaptation: Farmers’ Food Security in Andhra Pradesh
• 15. Climate Change, Women’s Health, Wellbeing and Experiences of Gender Based Violence in Australia
• 16. Women Farmer Scientists in Participatory Action Research Processes for Adaptation
• 17. Gendered Adaptations to Climate Change: A Case Study  from the Philippines
• 18. Gender and Declining Fisheries in Lobitos, Perú: Beyond Pescador and Ama de Casa
• 19. Climate Change – A Himalayan Perspective  ‘Local Knowledge –the Way Forward’
• 20. Gender and Climate Change: Implications for Responding to the Needs of those Affected by Natural Disasters and Other Severe Weather Events.