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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Gender, climate change and the politics of vulnerability: An introduction -- Introduction -- Gender and climate change: a view from South Asia -- Contributions to the volume -- Unpacking vulnerabilities: intersections of geography and social identity -- Adaptive strategies: agricultural diversification, migration and collective action -- Migration as adaptation -- Collective action and resilience -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Part I: Vulnerabilities -- Chapter 2: Vulnerabilities of rural women to climate extremes: A case of semi-arid districts in Pakistan -- Introduction -- Contextual background -- Evidence from the field: climate change and vulnerabilities for women -- Class matters -- Inter-generational dynamics and decision making -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Gendered vulnerabilities in Diaras : Struggles with floods in the Gandak river basin in Bihar, India -- Introduction -- Diaras: A land knee deep under water -- The socio-economic context and changing climatic conditions in West Champaran -- Understanding gendered vulnerabilities -- Gendered vulnerabilities in West Champaran -- "We need more men in our homes" -- Multiple vulnerabilities of work and migration -- Role of institutions in times of flood -- Conclusion: Surviving and adapting to change in the diaras -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Of borewells and bicycles : The gendered nature of water access in Karnataka, South India and its implications for local vulnerability -- Introduction: water scarcity, social-ecological dynamics and gender -- Context and methodology -- Context -- Methodology -- Findings: the changing waterscape of Kolar.
Drought, water scarcity and climate variability in Kolar -- Changing livelihoods and natural resources in Kolar -- Changes in land use and cropping patterns -- Institutional shifts in water management: from the kere system to individual groundwater extraction -- Borewells and the atomization of water access for irrigation -- Bicycles and the informalization of drinking water access -- Implications of changing water access for gendered vulnerability and local adaptive capacity -- Notes -- References -- Annex 4 -- Chapter 5: Vulnerabilities and resilience of local women towards climate change in the Indus basin -- Introduction -- Gender and climate change in the Indus basin -- Study locations and methodology -- Women's perception of climate change -- Impact of climate change on women in the upstream basin -- Women's perception of climate change in the mid-stream basin -- High rainfall zone (Tehsil Murree) -- Medium rainfall zone (Chakri) -- Low rainfall zone (Tehsil Talagang) -- Women's perception of climate change in the downstream basin -- Learning from women's vulnerabilities and responses to the changing climate -- References -- Chapter 6: Climate change, gendered vulnerabilities and resilience in high mountain communities: The case of Upper Rasuwa in Gandaki River Basin, Hindu Kush Himalayas -- Introduction -- Research methodology and study area -- Conceptualizing gendered vulnerabilities -- Gender roles and responsibilities -- Transhumance herding, livestock and farming -- Eco-agro tourism, home stay and handicrafts -- Migration, social capital, finance -- Trade and other economic activities -- Saving and credit activities -- Gendered vulnerabilities, capabilities and adaptation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Adaptation and Wellbeing -- Chapter 7: Wells and well-being in South India : Gender dimensions of groundwater dependence.
Introduction -- Context and methodology -- Cropping patterns and divisions of labour -- Gendered assets -- Gold -- Livestock -- Borewells and indebtedness -- Household cooperation, conflict and decision making -- Female-headed households -- Groundwater and gendered well-being -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: Gender, migration and environmental change in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Unpacking migration -- Gendered migration patterns -- Environmental change and migration -- Gendered effects of environmental migration -- Investigating migration through a household survey -- Migration patterns in Bangladesh -- Who migrates, where, why and for how long? -- Displacement -- Effects of migration on migrant-sending areas -- Future environmental change and migration -- References -- Chapter 9: Women-headed households, migration and adaptation to climate change in the Mahanadi Delta, India -- Introduction -- The Mahanadi Delta -- Coastal hazard and migration -- Household survey: methodology and data analysis -- Women-headed households in the Mahanadi Delta -- Vulnerability and women-headed households -- Migration and women-headed households -- Adaptation and women-headed households -- Conclusion: women-headed households in climate change -- Notes -- References -- Annexure 9 -- Chapter 10: Gender dynamics and climate variability: Mapping the linkages in the Upper Ganga Basin in Uttarakhand, India -- Introduction -- Framework and methodology -- Overview of the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework - a gendered approach -- Data collection and analysis -- Study area -- Demographic profile -- Research findings and discussion -- Prevalence of climatic variability in the upper Ganga Basin -- People's perception of climatic variability and its perceived impacts -- Perceived climatic variability in the plains.
Perceived climatic variability in mid- and high elevations -- Gendered institutions: the action arena -- Action situation 1: accessing water for domestic use -- Action situation 2: agriculture activities -- Exploring gender relation patterns in the three elevations -- Gendered institutions: dynamic, complex and diverse? -- Gendered rules, norms and rights: rigid, flexible or fluid? -- Social relations, position and mobility: inclusive, partially inclusive or exclusive for all? -- Willingness to learn, evolve and adapt to climatic variability: intrinsic or socially contingent? -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 11: Shaping gendered responses to climate change in South Asia -- Introduction -- An evolving gendered framework for climate change research -- Power across geographical locations: inter- and intra-household relations -- Communities and gendered impact of climate change: risk management through adaptive strategies -- Expanding the fiscal and governance framework in South Asia -- Building capacities for gendered research in climate change: unpacking methodology and epistemology -- References -- Index.
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Engendering Climate Change : Learnings from South Asia / / edited by Asha Hans [and three others]
