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Women Confronting Natural Disaster : From Vulnerability to Resilience / Elaine Enarson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (245 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781588269560
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.34082 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1 Women and Disasters in the United States -- 2 Representations of Women in Disasters -- 3 How Gender Changes Disaster Studies -- 4 Measuring Vulnerability and Capacity -- 5 Health and Well-Being -- 6 Violence Against Women -- 7 Intimacy and Family Life -- 8 Houses and Homes -- 9 Work and Workplaces -- 10 Grassroots Groups and Recovery -- 11 Building Disaster Resilience -- 12 Fighting for the Future -- Appendix: A Guide to Online Resources -- References -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Natural disasters push ordinary gender disparities to the extreme—leaving women not only to deal with a catastrophe's aftermath, but also at risk for greater levels of domestic violence, displacement, and other threats to their security and well-being. Elaine Enarson presents a comprehensive assessment, encompassing both theory and practice, of how gender shapes disaster vulnerability and resilience.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1 Women and Disasters in the United States -- 2 Representations of Women in Disasters -- 3 How Gender Changes Disaster Studies -- 4 Measuring Vulnerability and Capacity -- 5 Health and Well-Being -- 6 Violence Against Women -- 7 Intimacy and Family Life -- 8 Houses and Homes -- 9 Work and Workplaces -- 10 Grassroots Groups and Recovery -- 11 Building Disaster Resilience -- 12 Fighting for the Future -- Appendix: A Guide to Online Resources -- References -- Index -- About the Book

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Natural disasters push ordinary gender disparities to the extreme—leaving women not only to deal with a catastrophe's aftermath, but also at risk for greater levels of domestic violence, displacement, and other threats to their security and well-being. Elaine Enarson presents a comprehensive assessment, encompassing both theory and practice, of how gender shapes disaster vulnerability and resilience.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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