Engendering Climate Change: Learnings from South Asia

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Gender, climate change and the politics of vulnerability: An introduction
	Introduction
	Gender and climate change: a view from South Asia
	Contributions to the volume
		Unpacking vulnerabilities: intersections of geography and social identity
		Adaptive strategies: agricultural diversification, migration and collective action
			Migration as adaptation
			Collective action and resilience
	Conclusion
	Note
	References
Part I: Vulnerabilities
	Chapter 2: Vulnerabilities of rural women to climate extremes: A case of semi-arid districts in Pakistan
		Introduction
			Contextual background
			Evidence from the field: climate change and vulnerabilities for women
		Class matters
			Inter-generational dynamics and decision making
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 3: Gendered vulnerabilities in Diaras : Struggles with floods in the Gandak river basin in Bihar, India
		Introduction
		Diaras: A land knee deep under water
		The socio-economic context and changing climatic conditions in West Champaran
		Understanding gendered vulnerabilities
		Gendered vulnerabilities in West Champaran
		“We need more men in our homes”
		Multiple vulnerabilities of work and migration
		Role of institutions in times of flood
		Conclusion: Surviving and adapting to change in the diaras
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 4: Of borewells and bicycles : The gendered nature of water access in Karnataka, South India and its implications for local vulnerability
		Introduction: water scarcity, social-ecological dynamics and gender
		Context and methodology
			Context
			Methodology
		Findings: the changing waterscape of Kolar
			Drought, water scarcity and climate variability in Kolar
			Changing livelihoods and natural resources in Kolar
			Changes in land use and cropping patterns
			Institutional shifts in water management: from the kere system to individual groundwater extraction
			Borewells and the atomization of water access for irrigation
			Bicycles and the informalization of drinking water access
		Implications of changing water access for gendered vulnerability and local adaptive capacity
		Notes
		References
		Annex 4
	Chapter 5: Vulnerabilities and resilience of local women towards climate change in the Indus basin
		Introduction
		Gender and climate change in the Indus basin
		Study locations and methodology
		Women’s perception of climate change
			Impact of climate change on women in the upstream basin
			Women’s perception of climate change in the mid-stream basin
			High rainfall zone (Tehsil Murree)
			Medium rainfall zone (Chakri)
			Low rainfall zone (Tehsil Talagang)
			Women’s perception of climate change in the downstream basin
		Learning from women’s vulnerabilities and responses to the changing climate
		References
	Chapter 6: Climate change, gendered vulnerabilities and resilience in high mountain communities: The case of Upper Rasuwa in Gandaki River Basin, Hindu Kush Himalayas
		Introduction
		Research methodology and study area
		Conceptualizing gendered vulnerabilities
		Gender roles and responsibilities
			Transhumance herding, livestock and farming
			Eco-agro tourism, home stay and handicrafts
			Migration, social capital, finance
			Trade and other economic activities
			Saving and credit activities
		Gendered vulnerabilities, capabilities and adaptation
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
Part II: Adaptation and Wellbeing
	Chapter 7: Wells and well-being in South India : Gender dimensions of groundwater dependence
		Introduction
		Context and methodology
		Cropping patterns and divisions of labour
		Gendered assets
			Gold
			Livestock
		Borewells and indebtedness
		Household cooperation, conflict and decision making
		Female-headed households
		Groundwater and gendered well-being
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 8: Gender, migration and environmental change in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in Bangladesh
		Introduction
		Unpacking migration
			Gendered migration patterns
			Environmental change and migration
			Gendered effects of environmental migration
		Investigating migration through a household survey
		Migration patterns in Bangladesh
			Who migrates, where, why and for how long?
			Displacement
		Effects of migration on migrant-sending areas
		Future environmental change and migration
		References
	Chapter 9: Women-headed households, migration and adaptation to climate change in the Mahanadi Delta, India
		Introduction
		The Mahanadi Delta
		Coastal hazard and migration
		Household survey: methodology and data analysis
		Women-headed households in the Mahanadi Delta
			Vulnerability and women-headed households
			Migration and women-headed households
		Adaptation and women-headed households
		Conclusion: women-headed households in climate change
		Notes
		References
		Annexure 9
	Chapter 10: Gender dynamics and climate variability: Mapping the linkages in the Upper Ganga Basin in Uttarakhand, India
		Introduction
		Framework and methodology
			Overview of the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework – a gendered approach
			Data collection and analysis
			Study area
			Demographic profile
		Research findings and discussion
			Prevalence of climatic variability in the upper Ganga Basin
			People’s perception of climatic variability and its perceived impacts
				Perceived climatic variability in the plains
				Perceived climatic variability in mid- and high elevations
			Gendered institutions: the action arena
				Action situation 1: accessing water for domestic use
				Action situation 2: agriculture activities
			Exploring gender relation patterns in the three elevations
				Gendered institutions: dynamic, complex and diverse?
				Gendered rules, norms and rights: rigid, flexible or fluid?
				Social relations, position and mobility: inclusive, partially inclusive or exclusive for all?
				Willingness to learn, evolve and adapt to climatic variability: intrinsic or socially contingent?
		Conclusions
		Note
		References
	Chapter 11: Shaping gendered responses to climate change in South Asia
		Introduction
		An evolving gendered framework for climate change research
		Power across geographical locations: inter- and intra-household relations
		Communities and gendered impact of climate change: risk management through adaptive strategies
		Expanding the fiscal and governance framework in South Asia
		Building capacities for gendered research in climate change: unpacking methodology and epistemology
		References
Index