A Political Ecology of Women, Water and Global Environmental Change

289 Pages·2015·25.086 MB·English

by  Stephanie Buechler, Anne-Marie Hanson (eds.)

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A Political Ecology of
Women, Water, and Global
Environmental Change
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3 This edited volume explores how a feminist political ecology framework
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Stephanie Buechler is an Assistant Research Professor of Environmental Policy
at the University of Arizona.
Anne-Marie Hanson is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at the
University of Illinois Springfield.
“Women around the world are facing the sharp edge of climate change impacts,
especially impacts on water. So this truly feminist political ecology of gender,
water and vulnerability is timely, important, and sobering. It’s also exciting! From
Lesotho to Mexico to Canada, justice and gender are on the agenda.”
Paul Robbins, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
“This is an exciting example of how approaching environmental change through
7 a gender lens usefully unsettles taken-for-granted boundaries. Placing people’s
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a indispensable reading for those interested in how water, social difference, and
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Maria L. Cruz-Torres, Arizona State University, USA
Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
Series Editors: Janet Henshall Momsen and Janice Monk
University of California, Davis and University of Arizona, USA
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Gender, Bodies and Spaces Christine Eriksen
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Service Water and Global
Historical and Contemporary Environmental Change
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Edited by Victoria K. Haskins and Anne-Marie Hanson
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Contents
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3 List of figures xi
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KUNTALA LAHIRI-DUTT
4 Urban water visibility in Los Angeles: legibility and access for all 58
KATHLEEN KAMBIC
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5 Advances and setbacks in women’s participation in water
management in Brazil 77
ANDREA FERREIRA JACQUES DE MORAES
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ELEANOR HAYMAN IN COLLABORATION WITH MARK
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11 Pamiri women and the melting glaciers of Tajikistan: a visual
knowledge exchange for improved environmental governance 206
CITT WILLIAMS AND IVAN GOLOVNEV
Contents ix
12 Conclusions: advancing multi-disciplinary scholarship
on gender, water, and environmental change through
feminist political ecology 226
STEPHANIE BUECHLER, ANNE-MARIE HANSON, DIANA LIVERMAN,
AND MIRIAM GAY-ANTAKI
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