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100			_aDetraz, Nicole
245			_aGender and the Environment
260			_bPolity Press _c2017 _aUnited Kingdom
300			_a x, 214p
504			_aInclude Reference and Index
520			_aClimate change, natural disasters, and loss of biodiversity are all considered major environmental concerns for the international community both now and into the future. Each is damaging to the earth, but they also negatively impact human lives, especially those of women. Despite these important links, to date, very little consideration has been given to the role of gender in global environmental politics and policy-making. This timely and insightful book explains why gender matters to the environment. In it, Nicole Detraz examines contemporary debates around population, consumption, and security to show how gender can help us to better understand environmental issues and to develop policies to tackle them effectively and justly. Our society often has different expectations of men and women, and these expectations influence the realm of environmental politics. Drawing on examples of various environmental concerns from countries around the world, Gender and the Environment makes the case that it is only by adopting a more inclusive focus that embraces the complex ways men and women interact with ecosystems that we can move towards enhanced sustainability and greater environmental justice on a global scale.
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650			_aWomen and the environment. _vEnvironmental policy--Social aspects. _vEnvironmental management--Social aspects. _vGlobal environmental change--Social aspects.
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