Gendering Climate Change: Geographical Insights

Professional Geographer

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 372-381

  Sultana, Farhana ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; gender; geography; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GENDER RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; POWER RELATIONS; VULNERABILITY;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84902360183     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2013.821730     Document Type: Article

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