Women Confronting Natural Disaster : : From Vulnerability to Resilience / / Elaine Enarson.
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 as...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
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Table of 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