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Women confronting natural disaster : from vulnerability to resilience /

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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Women and disasters
  • Representations of women in disasters
  • How gender changes disaster studies
  • Measuring vulnerability and capacity
  • Health and well-being
  • Violence against women
  • Intimacy and family life
  • Houses and homes
  • Work and workplaces
  • Grassroots groups and recovery
  • Building disaster resilience
  • Fighting for the future.