ABSTRACT

This book studies environment and sustainable development from the perspective of gender. It focuses on three major themes, including sustainability of development practices, policy perspectives on environmental management and climate change and its gendered impact. It includes contributions from academicians working across disciplines and practitioners working at the grassroots levels. The book addresses issues facing India amid a growing global environmental crisis and suggests policy measures for environmental protection and to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants.

Lucid and topical, the volume will be an indispensable resource for students, researchers of gender, environment and sustainable development, sociology and public policy. It will also be a great resource for advocacy groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and policymakers working in the area.

chapter |20 pages

Introduction

part I|54 pages

Macro Scenario and Environmental Discourses with Gender Lens

part II|92 pages

Profile of Different Regions with Regard to Environmental and Developmental Challenges and Responses

chapter 5|11 pages

Interrogating Relocation of Forest-Dependent Communities from a Gender Lens

Perceptions from the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka

chapter 6|17 pages

Managing Water, Sacrificing Lives

The Lives of Women in Water Scarcity Areas (A Case of Life in the Rural Bundelkhand Region in India)

chapter 7|16 pages

Reparation or Negotiation

Rural Women's Struggle for Selfhood and Livelihood in West Bengal

chapter 10|11 pages

Floods in Assam

Exploring the Gender Quotient

part III|77 pages

Strategies for Environmental Safety and Sustainable Development

chapter 13|12 pages

‘Right Livelihood’ – Where Sustainable Environment Matters

A Case of Sustainable Entrepreneurship by Rural Women from India

chapter 14|13 pages

Climate Change and the Female Sex

An Intangible Connection

chapter 15|17 pages

From Marginal Land Holdings to New Farm Laws

Vulnerability, Visibility and Sustainability of Women Farmers in India

chapter 16|9 pages

Role of Women in Sustainable Environmental Practices

With Special Reference to Dindigul District

chapter 17|8 pages

Pushed Further to the Margins

Women Amid Climate Change