Engendering climate change : learnings from South Asia / edited by Asha Hans, Nitya Rao, Anjal Prakash, Amrita Patel.

Chapter 1: Gender, climate change and the politics of vulnerability: An introduction -- Part I: Vulnerabilities -- Chapter 2: Vulnerabilities of rural women to climate extremes: A case of semi-arid districts in Pakistan -- Chapter 3: Gendered vulnerabilities in Diaras : Struggles with floods in the Gandak river basin in Bihar, India -- Chapter 4: Of borewells and bicycles : The gendered nature of water access in Karnataka, South India and its implications for local vulnerability -- Chapter 5: Vulnerabilities and resilience of local women towards climate change in the Indus basin -- Chapter 6: Climate change, gendered vulnerabilities and resilience in high mountain communities: The case of Upper Rasuwa in Gandaki River Basin, Hindu Kush Himalayas -- Part II: Adaptation and Wellbeing -- Chapter 7: Wells and well-being in South India : Gender dimensions of groundwater dependence -- Chapter 8: Gender, migration and environmental change in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in Bangladesh -- Chapter 9: Women-headed households, migration and adaptation to climate change in the Mahanadi Delta, India -- Chapter 10: Gender dynamics and climate variability: Mapping the linkages in the Upper Ganga Basin in Uttarakhand, India -- Chapter 11: Shaping gendered responses to climate change in South Asia

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This book focuses on the gendered experiences of environmental change across different geographies and social contexts in South Asia and on diverse strategies of adapting to climate variability. The book analyzes how changes in rainfall patterns, floods, droughts, heatwaves and landslides affect those who are directly dependent on the agrarian economy. It examines the socio-economic pressures, including the increase in women's work burdens both in production and reproduction on gender relations. It also examines coping mechanisms such as male migration and the formation of women's collectives which create space for agency and change in rigid social relations. The volume looks at perspectives from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal to present the nuances of gender relations across borders along with similarities and differences across geographical, socio-cultural and policy contexts. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of sociology, development, gender, economics, environmental studies and South Asian studies. It will also be useful for policymakers, NGOs and think tanks working in the areas of gender, climate change and development.