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

2013
ISBN: 978-94-007-9617-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 4628 g

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 rights for all.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whittenbury, Kerri

Alston, Margaret

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.