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List of contents
Preface
Gender? Why Women?: An Introduction to Women and Disaster by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow
Perspectives on Gender and DisasterThe Neglect of Gender in Disaster Work: An Overview of the Literature by Alice Fothergill
Gender Inequality, Vulnerability, and Disaster: Issues in Theory and Research by Robert Bolin, Martina Jackson, and Allison Crist
The Perspective of Gender: A Missing Element in Disaster Response by Joe Scanlon
Social Construction of Gendered VulnerabilityEve and Adam among the Embers: Gender Pattern after the Oakland Berkeley Firestorm by Susanna M. Hoffman
A Comparative Perspective on Household, Gender, and Kinship in Relation to Disaster by Raymond Wiest
"Men Must Work and Women Must Weep": Examining Gender Stereotypes in Disasters by Maureen Fordham and Anne-Michelle Ketteridge
Women and Post-Disaster Stress by Jane C. Ollenburger and Graham A. Tobin
Balancing Vulnerability and Capacity: Women and Children during Philippine Disasters by Zenaida G. Delica
Domestic Violence after Disaster by Jennifer Wilson, Brenda D. Phillips, and David M. Neal
Case Studies of Women Responding to DisasterGender, Disaster, and Empowerment: A Case Study from Pakistan by Farzana Bari
Women in Bushfire Country by Helen Cox
"Floods, They're a Damned Nuisance": Women's Flood Experiences in Rural Australia by C. Christine Finlay
Disaster Prone: Reflections of a Female Permanent Disaster Volunteer by Carrie Barnecut
Women's Disaster Vulnerability and Response to the Colima Earthquake by Carolina Serrat Viñas
Gender Differentiation and Aftershock Warning Response by Paul W. O'Brien and Patricia Atchison
Reflections from a Teacher and Survivor by Diane Gail Colina
Women Will Rebuild Miami: A Case Study of Feminist Response to Disaster by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow
Women in Emergency Management: An Australian Perspective by Doone Robertson
Women's Roles in Natural Disaster Preparation and Aid: A Central American View by Letizia Toscani
The Role of Women in Health-Related Aspects of Emergency Management: A Caribbean Perspective by Gloria E. Noel
Conclusion: New Directions Toward a Gendered Disaster Science--Policy, Practice, and Research by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow
References
Index
About the author
ELAINE ENARSON is Visiting Scholar at the University of British Columbia's Disaster Preparedness Resources Centre and Community Research Scholar with the UBC Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations.
BETTY HEARN MORROW is Associate Professor of Sociology and a research associate of the International Hurricane Center at Florida International University.
