Gender and the Politics of Disaster Recovery

Drawing a transdisciplinary perspective, this book investigates the ways in which gender intersect with rebuilding and post-disaster recovery process.

Autorentext

Sajal Roy is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Business School, University of New South Wales. Previously he held a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at the Centre for Livelihoods and Wellbeing, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He is a scholar in critical development studies and human geography specialising in climate change social sciences, smart city development, sustainable livelihoods and development, gendered relations, refugee crisis management and climate justice. Sajal received his PhD in Climate Change Social Science in 2021. Dr Roy has taught several courses in Social sciences and Business Studies at Western Sydney University, University of Wollongong, and Australian Catholic University. Funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in collaboration with Griffith Asia Centre, Griffith University, Sajal has recently completed a collaborative research project titled Gender and Leadership Inclusion in LAOS. With Taylor and Francis, his latest book is entitled Climate Change and Gendered Livelihoods in Bangladesh (2021).

Inhalt

1. Understanding Gendered Context of Post-Disaster Recovery: An Overview **

2. Integrating a Gender Perspective into Disaster Risk Management: An Analysis of the Global Assessment Reports on Disaster Risk Reduction

3. Local Governments' Provisions and Sections in Disaster: Lesson Learned from the Post-Pandemic Era

4. Indian Disaster Diplomacy in South Asian Region

5. Risk Perception and Disaster Management of Women in Dealing with Floods in Urban Indonesia

6. Adapting Livelihoods in the Face of Climate Change: A Study of Sherpa Households from the Khumbu (Everest) Region, Nepal

7. Unlocking the Potential of Microfinance towards Sustainable Livelihoods for Climate Change Adaptation

8. Climate Change, Women Migrants and the Potentialities of Intersectional Analysis in the Reconquista River Basin, Buenos Aires, Argentina

9. The Local Heritage 'Dhopkols': Build Back Better Water Access in Reducing Gender-Based Vulnerabilities in Bangladesh

10. Financing Climate-Induced Disaster Management: How to Engage the Formal Financial Sector?

11. Gendered Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Options in Fisher Communities of Coastal Bangladesh during COVID-19 Pandemic

12. Gender Dimensions in Disaster Risks Reduction Policy: Insights from Bangladesh

13. Concluding Remarks: The State of the Art of Research in Gender, Disaster and Cultural Studies