A Framework To Understand Gender And Structural Vulnerability To Climate Change In The Ganges River Basin

Author : Fraser Sugden,Sanjiv De Silva
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789290908067

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A framework to Understand Gender and Structural Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Ganges River Basin by Fraser Sugden,Sanjiv De Silva Pdf

As climate change becomes accepted as a reality in the scientific community, it is critical to continue to understand its impact on the ground, particularly for communities dependent on agriculture and natural resources. This report reviews the extensive literature on the vulnerability to climate change in South Asia, with a focus on gender. It highlights how vulnerability is intricately connected to existing social structures. With respects to gender inequalities, the report reviews how men and women are affected in different ways by climate shocks, while differing access to resources and cultural ideologies mean that their capacity to ‘adapt’ is also not equal. The report also notes the importance of other axes of inequality (caste, class and ethnicity) in shaping gendered vulnerability. It concludes by offering insights into potential ways forward to promote more equitable adaptation to change through improved policies and practices.

Author : Luna Bharati,Bharat R. Sharma,Vladimir Smakhtin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317479475

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The Ganges River Basin by Luna Bharati,Bharat R. Sharma,Vladimir Smakhtin Pdf

The Ganges is one of the most complex yet fascinating river systems in the world. The basin is characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity from climatic, hydrological, geomorphological, cultural, environmental and socio-economic perspectives. More than 500 million people are directly or indirectly dependent upon the Ganges River Basin, which spans China, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. While there are many books covering one aspect of the Ganges, ranging from hydrology to cultural significance, this book is unique in presenting a comprehensive inter-disciplinary overview of the key issues and challenges facing the region. Contributors from the three main riparian nations assess the status and trends of water resources, including the Himalayas, groundwater, pollution, floods, drought and climate change. They describe livelihood systems in the basin, and the social, economic, geopolitical and institutional constraints, including transboundary disputes, to achieving productive, sustainable and equitable water access. Management of the main water-use sectors and their inter-linkages are reviewed, as well as the sustainability and trade-offs in conservation of natural systems and resource development such as for hydropower or agriculture.

Author : Miletto, Michela,Caretta, Martina A.,Burchi, Francesca M.,Zanlucchi, Giulia,WWAP
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231002359

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Migration and its interdependencies with water scarcity, gender and youth employment by Miletto, Michela,Caretta, Martina A.,Burchi, Francesca M.,Zanlucchi, Giulia,WWAP Pdf

Author : Catarina Kinnvall,Helle Rydstrom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429756276

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Climate Hazards, Disasters, and Gender Ramifications by Catarina Kinnvall,Helle Rydstrom Pdf

This book focuses on the challenges of living with climate disasters, in addition to the existing gender inequalities that prevail and define social, economic and political conditions. Social inequalities have consequences for the everyday lives of women and girls where power relations, institutional and socio-cultural practices make them disadvantaged in terms of disaster preparedness and experience. Chapters in this book unravel how gender and masculinity intersect with age, ethnicity, sexuality and class in specific contexts around the globe. It looks at the various kinds of difficulties for particular groups before, during and after disastrous events such as typhoons, flooding, landslides and earthquakes. It explores how issues of gender hierarchies, patriarchal structures and masculinity are closely related to gender segregation, institutional codes of behaviour and to a denial of environmental crisis. This book stresses the need for a gender-responsive framework that can provide a more holistic understanding of disasters and climate change. A critical feminist perspective uncovers the gendered politics of disaster and climate change. This book will be useful for practitioners and researchers working within the areas of Climate Change response, Gender Studies, Disaster Studies and International Relations.

Author : Maksud Bekchanov,Aditya Sood,Marc Jeuland
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789290908265

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Review of Hydro-economic Models to Address River Basin Management Problems: Structure, Applications and Research Gaps by Maksud Bekchanov,Aditya Sood,Marc Jeuland Pdf

Author : Asha Hans,Nitya Rao,Anjal Prakash,Amrita Patel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000335392

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Engendering Climate Change by Asha Hans,Nitya Rao,Anjal Prakash,Amrita Patel Pdf

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.

Author : Philippus Wester,Arabinda Mishra,Aditi Mukherji,Arun Bhakta Shrestha
Publisher : Springer
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319922881

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The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment by Philippus Wester,Arabinda Mishra,Aditi Mukherji,Arun Bhakta Shrestha Pdf

This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable mountain development and will serve as a basis for evidence-based decision-making to safeguard the environment and advance people’s well-being. The compiled content is based on the collective knowledge of over 300 leading researchers, experts and policymakers, brought together by the Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP) under the coordination of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). This assessment was conducted between 2013 and 2017 as the first of a series of monitoring and assessment reports, under the guidance of the HIMAP Steering Committee: Eklabya Sharma (ICIMOD), Atiq Raman (Bangladesh), Yuba Raj Khatiwada (Nepal), Linxiu Zhang (China), Surendra Pratap Singh (India), Tandong Yao (China) and David Molden (ICIMOD and Chair of the HIMAP SC). This First HKH Assessment Report consists of 16 chapters, which comprehensively assess the current state of knowledge of the HKH region, increase the understanding of various drivers of change and their impacts, address critical data gaps and develop a set of evidence-based and actionable policy solutions and recommendations. These are linked to nine mountain priorities for the mountains and people of the HKH consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals. This book is a must-read for policy makers, academics and students interested in this important region and an essentially important resource for contributors to global assessments such as the IPCC reports.

Author : Peter Grant,Carl Söderbergh
Publisher : Minority Rights Group
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781912938155

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Minority and Indigenous Trends 2019 - Focus on climate justice by Peter Grant,Carl Söderbergh Pdf

Climate change poses a profound environmental challenge that will leave no country or community untouched. Its social impact, if unaddressed, will reinforce inequalities, deepen poverty and leave the world’s most marginalized populations in greater insecurity. Minorities and indigenous peoples are already living with its consequences, from rising sea levels and higher temperatures to droughts and desertification. The discrimination and exclusion they face in many countries leave them disproportionately exposed to these negative effects. This volume outlines some of the ways that climate change and other environmental pressures are affecting minority and indigenous communities across the world, in some instances placing their entire way of life under threat. Spanning a selection of regional case studies and three thematic chapters, it highlights how the vulnerability of minorities, indigenous peoples and other excluded groups is a product of a wider backdrop of discrimination, encompassing land, housing, culture, livelihoods and migration. The surest means of strengthening their resilience, then, is through protection of their fundamental rights and ensuring their right to participate meaningfully in designing solutions to these challenges. Such an approach could transform communities from victims of climate change impacts to leaders of adaptation – a situation that would not only support the development of a more equitable global society, but also enhance the ability of humanity as a whole to respond to the current crisis.

Author : CCICED
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811998614

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Building an Inclusive, Green and Low-Carbon Economy by CCICED Pdf

This open access book introduces the major environmental green development issues from six major themes carbon neutrality, nature-based solution, watershed management and climate adaptation, BRI green development, sustainable food supply chain, ecosystem-based integrated ocean management focusing on the progress of China’s environment and development policies from 2021 accomplishments. It is based on the research outputs of CCICED in the year of 2021, which marks China’s start point of implementation of its 14th Five-Year Plan when world economy also strived to recover from the pandemic.

Author : Pavelic, Paul
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Mitigating floods for managing droughts through aquifer storage by Pavelic, Paul Pdf

Author : Christiane Fröhlich,Giovanna Gioli,Roger Cremades,Henri Myrttinen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319640464

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Water Security Across the Gender Divide by Christiane Fröhlich,Giovanna Gioli,Roger Cremades,Henri Myrttinen Pdf

This book examines water security as a prime example of how the economic, socio-cultural and political-normative systems that regulate access to water reflect the evolving and gendered power relations between different societal groups. Access to water is characterized by inequalities: it depends not only on natural water availability, but also on the respective socio-political context. It is regulated by gender-differentiated roles and responsibilities towards the resource, which are strongly influenced by, among others, tradition, religion, customary law, geographical availability, as well as the historical and socio-political context. While gender has been recognized as a key intervening variable in achieving equitable water access, most studies fail to acknowledge the deep interrelations between social structures and patterns of water use. Proof of these shortcomings is the enduring lack of data on water accessibility, availability and utilization that sufficiently acknowledges the relational nature of gender and other categories of power and difference, like class and socioeconomic status, as well as their comprehensive analysis. This book addresses this major research gap.

Author : Marloes Mul, Emmanuel Obuobie,Richard Appoh,Kwabena Kankam- Yeboah,Emmanuel Bekoe-Obeng,Barnabas Amisigo,Frederick Yaw Logah,Benjamin Ghansah,Matthew McCartney
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789290908296

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Water Resources Assessment of the Volta River Basin by Marloes Mul, Emmanuel Obuobie,Richard Appoh,Kwabena Kankam- Yeboah,Emmanuel Bekoe-Obeng,Barnabas Amisigo,Frederick Yaw Logah,Benjamin Ghansah,Matthew McCartney Pdf

Author : Baker, Tracy,Kiptala, J.,Olaka, L.,Oates, N.,Hussain, Asghar,McCartney, Matthew
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789290908302

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Baseline review and ecosystem services assessment of the Tana River Basin, Kenya by Baker, Tracy,Kiptala, J.,Olaka, L.,Oates, N.,Hussain, Asghar,McCartney, Matthew Pdf

The ‘WISE-UP to climate’ project aims to demonstrate the value of natural infrastructure as a ‘nature-based solution’ for climate change adaptation and sustainable development. Within the Tana River Basin, both natural and built infrastructure provide livelihood benefits for people. Understanding the interrelationships between the two types of infrastructure is a prerequisite for sustainable water resources development and management. This is particularly true as pressures on water resources intensify and the impacts of climate change increase. This report provides an overview of the biophysical characteristics, ecosystem services and links to livelihoods within the basin.

Author : Nhemachena, Artwell,Mawere, Munyaradzi
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789956550463

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Necroclimatism in a Spectral World (Dis)order? by Nhemachena, Artwell,Mawere, Munyaradzi Pdf

Highlighting the problematiques of working with a narrow version of greenhouse effects or global warming, this book posits the theory of necroclimatism that encompasses broader versions of greenhouse effects and global warming. Conceiving cultures, societies, moral sensibilities, epistemologies, polities, economies, legal systems and religions of the formerly colonised peoples as greenhoused and entrapped in the heat of global apartheid and neo-colonialism, the book refuses to be confined to the pufferies of physical conceptualisations of greenhousing and global warming. Underlining the supposed disposability and dispensability of colonised peoples, the notion of necroclimatism explicates ways in which some people suffer various forms of death, which have increasingly become a feature of global apartheid and neo-colonialism that are cast in spectral sacrificial logics. Deemed to constitute disposable bodies, disposable cultures, disposable polities, disposable societies, disposable epistemologies, disposable religions, disposable laws and disposable economies, the sacrificed are, in the age of climate catastrophism, once again reminded that they ‘have duties to die’, to become extinct in order to save the global spaceship that is sinking due to climate change and global warming. This book therefore argues that in a sacrificial world (dis)order, binaries between humans and animals, good and evil, moral and immoral, the dead and the living necessarily vanish in the nefarious logic of what marks the era of climate catastrophism and the attendant necroclimatism. The book further argues that a sacrificial world (dis)order is necessarily a posthumanist and postanthropocentric world (dis)order, which should be never granted space in African worlds and even beyond. The book thus, raises fundamental questions for African anticipatory regimes, and for this reason it is handy for scholars in political science, sociology, social anthropology, development studies, environmental studies, agricultural studies, legal studies, food science, geography, religious studies and decolonial fields of studies.

Author : Saruchera, D.,Lautze, Jonathan
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789290908272

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Measuring Transboundary Water Cooperation by Saruchera, D.,Lautze, Jonathan Pdf

Water cooperation has received prominent focus in the post-2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While proposals for measuring water cooperation appear to be converging toward a small set of indicators, the degree to which these proposed indicators draw on past work is unclear. This paper mines relevant past work to generate guidance for monitoring the proposed SDG target related to transboundary water cooperation. Potential measures of water cooperation were identified, filtered and applied in three countries (Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe). Six indicators were ultimately determined as being suitable for measuring water cooperation. As the SDG process turns its focus to the selection of indicators, the indicators proposed in this paper may merit consideration