Engendering climate change : learnings from South Asia /
Engendering climate change : learnings from South Asia /
edited by Asha Hans, Nitya Rao, Anjal Prakash, Amrita Patel.
- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white).
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.
9781003142409 1003142400 9781000335316 1000335313 9781000335354 1000335356 9781000335392 1000335399
10.4324/9781003142409 doi
Climate change mitigation--South Asia.
Women--Social conditions.--South Asia
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
South Asia--Social conditions.
TD171.75
363.738740654
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.
9781003142409 1003142400 9781000335316 1000335313 9781000335354 1000335356 9781000335392 1000335399
10.4324/9781003142409 doi
Climate change mitigation--South Asia.
Women--Social conditions.--South Asia
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
South Asia--Social conditions.
TD171.75
363.738740654