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Women and Disasters in South Asia: Survival, security and development

Editat de Swarna Rajagopalan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 iun 2019
South Asia is one of the most vulnerable areas of an increasingly disaster-impacted world, with cyclones, earthquakes, floods and droughts causing several casualties and disrupting lives and livelihoods every year. Yet the impacts of disasters are not equally distributed across the peoples of the region.Women and men experience disaster differently
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367177140
ISBN-10: 0367177145
Pagini: 330
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate

Cuprins

List of Tables. List of Figures and Boxes. Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. 1. Introduction 2. Gender Differential Impacts of the 2004 Tsunami 3. The Interplay of Women, Work and Disasters: Missing Women‘s Views 4. Livelihoods Re-examined: A Critical Look at Gender Roles in the Aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami  5. Impact of Super Cyclone On Life And Livelihood of Women: A Micro Level Study Of Two Coastal Districts In Orissa 6. Gender Play in Economic Redevelopment in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka 7. Adaptability to Floods in North Bihar: Gendered Experiences 8. Gender Politics and Disaster in Rural Nepal 9. Pakistan Floods: Reports from the Field  10. Rural Women as Architects of Recovery and Reconstruction: The Swayam Shikshan Prayog Story  11. Gender-based Violence and Disasters: South Asia in Comparative Perspective  12. Gender, Disasters and Development: Opportunities for South-South Cooperation 13. Exploring the Meaning of Securitisation for Gender and Disaster 14. Intersections and Beyond Index

Recenzii

‘This volume provides an important contribution to the scientific literature by [not only offering] new data and analyses, but also indicating what ought to be done for policy and practice . . . [A] solid overview of gender and disaster for countries across South Asia, informing the rest of world.’ — Ilan Kelman, Reader, Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction and Institute for Global Health, University College London, UK
'The book brings together interdisciplinary perspectives in gender studies. It provides a good collection of references for students and researchers to build upon.' — Malini Nambiar, an independent disaster management professional focusing on gender inclusion and community-based disaster risk management, Economic&Political Weekly

Notă biografică

Linda Racioppi is Professor of Comparative Cultures and Politics, and International Relations, Michigan State University, USA.
Swarna Rajagopalan is an independent scholar and Managing Trustee, The Prajnya Trust, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Descriere

The volume explores the aspect of gender in the course of post-disaster reconstruction. The essays use case studies from disasters across the South Asian region and explore how women and men experience disaster differently. The book investigates the ways in which gender politics is altered by disaster and post-disaster reconstruction.