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

by Alston, Margaret.
Authors: Whittenbury, Kerri.%editor. | SpringerLink (Online service) Physical details: XXI, 281 p. 20 illus., 8 illus. in color. online resource. ISBN: 940075518X Subject(s): Environmental sciences. | Climatic changes. | Social work. | Human Geography. | Developmental psychology. | Environment. | Climate Change. | Gender Studies. | Sociology, general. | Social Work. | Social Structure, Social Inequality. | Human Geography.
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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.

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.

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