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

2013
ISBN: 978-94-007-5518-5
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 282 Seiten, eBook

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.

Alston, Margaret

Whittenbury, Kerri

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents:Preface Part I: Introducing Gender and Climate change1. Margaret Alston: Introducing Gender and Climate changePart II: Questioning Gender and Climate Justice 2. Nancy Tuana: Gender Climate Knowledge for Justice: Catalyzing a New Research Agenda3. Andrei L. Israel and Carolyn Sachs: A Climate for Feminist Intervention: Feminist Science Studies and Climate Change4. Karen Bell: Post-Conventional Approaches to Gender, Climate Change and Social Justice5. Elaine Enarson: Two Solitudes, Many Bridges, Big Tent: Women’s Leadership in Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Part III: Interrogating Policy from a Gender Perspective 6. Lena Dominelli: Gendering Climate Change: Implications for Debates, Policies and Practices7. Beth Bee, Maureen Biermann and Petra Tschakert: Gender, Development, and Rights-Based Approaches: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation and Adaptive Social Protection8. Amber J. Fletcher: From “Free” Trade to Farm Women: Gender and the Neoliberal Environment9. Josephine Clarke: Renegotiating Gender as Farming Families Manage Agricultural and Rural Restructuring in the Mallee.Part IV: Action and Strategies to Address Gender and Climate Change10. Gotelind Alber: Gendered Access to Green Power: Motivations and Barriers for Changing the Energy Provider11. Lorena Aguilar: A Path to Implementation: Gender-Responsive Climate Change Strategies12. Rachel E. Goldsmith, Irina Feygina, John T. Jost: The Gender Gap in Environmental Attitudes: A System Justification PerspectivePart V: Gender and Climate Change Examples from Around the World 13. Margaret Alston: Gender and Climate Change in Australia and the Pacific14. Yianna Lambrou, Sibyl Nelson: Gender Issues in Climate Change Adaptation: Farmers’ Food Security in Andhra Pradesh 15. Kerri Whittenbury: Climate Change, Women’s Health, Wellbeing and Experiences of Gender Based Violence in Australia 16. Bettina Koelle: Women Farmer Scientists in Participatory Action Research Processes for Adaptation 17. Gerlie Tatlonghari and Thelma Paris: Gendered Adaptations to Climate Change: A Case Study from the Philippines18. Naomi Godden: Gender and Declining Fisheries in Lobitos, Perú: Beyond Pescador and Ama de Casa 19. Reetu Sogani: Climate Change – A Himalayan Perspective ‘Local Knowledge –the Way Forward’ 20. Desley Hargreaves: Gender and Climate Change: Implications for Responding to the Needs of those Affected by Natural Disasters and Other Severe Weather Events