Adapting the built environment: The role of gender in shaping vulnerability and resilience to climate extremes in Dhaka

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-165

  Jabeen, Huraera ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; climate extremes; gender dynamics; urban poor

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; LABOR DIVISION; POVERTY; POWER RELATIONS; URBAN SOCIETY; VULNERABILITY;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84899659558     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247813517851     Document Type: Article

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