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

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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Alston, Margaret (Editor), Whittenbury, Kerri (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Subjects:
Sex
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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