Women confronting natural disaster : from vulnerability to resilience /

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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 a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Enarson, Elaine Pitt, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012.
Temas:
Disasters > Social aspects.
Disaster relief > Social aspects.
Women > Social conditions.
Women > Psychology.
Disasters.
Social history.
Disasters
Relief Work
Social Conditions
Women > psychology
Catastrophes > Aspect social.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Aspect social.
Femmes > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Psychologie.
Catastrophes.
Histoire sociale.
disasters.
social history.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Social history
Disaster relief > Social aspects
Disasters > Social aspects
Women > Psychology
Women > Social conditions
Frau
Katastrophenmanagement
Naturkatastrophe
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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. -- Publisher description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 245 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781588269560
1588269566

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