Climate Change Impacts on Gender Relations in Bangladesh

Socio-environmental Struggle of the Shora Forest Community in the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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This book explores gendered perceptions of the Sundarbans Forest in Bangladesh, and the extent to which these perceptions are affected by extreme weather events (specifically, cyclones Aila and Sidr).

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Utgivningsdatum2019-05-27
Mått155 x 235 x 7 mm
Vikt189 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace
Antal sidor101
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811367755

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Sajal Roy is a Lecturer in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at the Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh. Sajal is completing his doctoral studies at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. He has also worked in South Sudan, Sierra Leone and Liberia. While in South Sudan, he contributed to lead a study entitled Adolescent Girls Initiative for the BRAC (the largest development NGO) and World Bank . In addition, he served as a consultant at the United Nations World Food Programme and WorldFish in Bangladesh.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Sundarbans Forest and the Gendered Context of Cyclones Aila and Sidr.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Approaches: Gendered Knowledge in Forest, Ecology and Environment.- Chapter 3. Methods and Methodology.- Chapter 4. Narratives of the Sundarbans Forest at Shora.- Chapter 5. Women’s perceptions of and behaviours toward the Sundarbans forest.- Chapter 6. Survival at Shora: Ecological Security and the Sundarbans Forest.- Chapter 7. Implications of the gendered knowledge about the Sundarbans Forest at Shora and beyond.