Overview
- Presents the first ethnographic data interpreting the essentials of Sundarbans Forest ecology
- Presents survivor narratives of cyclone Aila and Sidr through the lens of historical connectedness to the Sundarbans Forest
- Explores gendered distribution of forest resources
- Generates timely discussion on gender and environment, ecofeminism, the Sundarbans Forest, ecological security and climate change
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace (BRIEFSSECUR, volume 29)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Historical connectedness with Sundarbans Forest
- Sundarbans Mangrove Forest
- Shora Forest Community of Bangladesh
- Cyclones Aila and Sidr
- Gender Relations
- Gendered Knowledge in Forest, Ecology and Environment
- Local ecology
- Women’s indigenous knowledge
- Forestry management
- Ecological security
- Ecofeminism
- Ecological degradation
- Gender and environment
- Situated knowledge
- Forest-centered traditional occupation
- Forest resources
- Women as 'natural preserver' of the Sundarbans
- Power relations in rural communities
- Post-cyclone recovery
- Disaster management
About this book
This book explores gendered perceptions of the Sundarbans Forest in Bangladesh, and the extent to which these perceptions are affected by extreme weather events (specifically, cyclones Aila and Sidr). Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Shora, a rural village in southern Satkhira, Bangladesh, the book explores gendered activities in the forest, especially women’s interaction with the forest resources. The findings present a clear picture of the Shora community’s local knowledge about the Sundarbans Forest, as well as the ecological and economic contributions for the forest people. The book makes a timely contribution to the wider study of gender, post-cyclone recovery, ecology and resilience.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Change Impacts on Gender Relations in Bangladesh
Book Subtitle: Socio-environmental Struggle of the Shora Forest Community in the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest
Authors: Sajal Roy
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6776-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6775-5Published: 27 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-6776-2Published: 17 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2193-3162
Series E-ISSN: 2193-3170
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 101
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Sociology, Social/Human Development Studies, Women's Studies, Sustainable Development, Forestry Management, Development and Gender