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1 online resource (313 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Foreword; Testimony; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction: Exploring Gender, Environment and Climate Change; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Exploring the issues: A bird's-eye view through history; Concepts and definitions: From climate and climate change; Concepts and definitions: About gender, women and gender equality; Climate change and gender; Outline of the book; References; Part I The Analysis; Chapter 2 Gender, Environment and Climate Change: Understanding the Linkages |
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Chapter 3 Climate Change, Human Security and GenderChapter 4 Cities, Climate Change and Gender: A Brief Overview; Part II Realities on the Ground; Chapter 5 Learning from Practice: Case Studies; Part III Strategies and Action; Chapter 6 Establishing the Linkages between Gender and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation; Chapter 7 Climate Change and Gender: Policies in Place; Chapter 8 Why More Attention to Gender and Class Can Help Combat Climate Change and Poverty; Chapter 9 Women Organizing for a Healthy Climate; Chapter 10 Epilogue: From Divergence towards Convergence; Index |
| Summary |
Although climate change affects everybody it is not gender neutral. It has significant social impacts and magnifies existing inequalities such as the disparity between women and men in their vulnerability and ability to cope with this global phenomenon. This new textbook, edited by one of the authors of the seminal Women and the Environment in the Third World: Alliance for the Future (1988) which first exposed the links between environmental degradation and unequal impacts on women, provides a comprehensive introduction to gender aspects of climate change. Over 35 authors have contributed to th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Research.
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Climatic changes -- Sex differences
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Sex role -- Research
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Climatic changes -- Research
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Sex role -- Research
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Klimatförändringar -- könsskillnader -- fallstudier.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781844078646 |
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1844078647 |
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9781844078653 |
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1844078655 |
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9781136540264 |
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1136540261 |
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