Towards a gender sensitive vulnerability assessment for climate change
Lambani, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12979391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacqueline Goldin (0000-0002-4830-3196, University of the Western Cape, corresponding author), Cobus Botha, Thabiso Andries Benedict Koatla (Institute for Soil, Climate and Water), Kobus Anderson (Institute for Soil, Climate and Water), Germaine Owen, Ally Hanyani Lebese (University of the Western Cape) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-32 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1942-7786 • E-ISSN: 2633-674X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/194277861901200102 |
| OpenAlex | W2947264596 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
Women's limited access to resources and decision-making processes increases their vulnerability to impacts of climate change. Despite their own vulnerability, women are often responsible for caring for close relatives, extended families and friends during hazardous and traumatic events (whether its famine, floods, drought or forced displacements). Based on experience and knowledge it is believed that women are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than men, primarily as they constitute the majority of the world's poor and are more dependent for their livelihood on natural resources that are threatened by climate change. The paper proposes a gender sensitive vulnerable assessment framework that is scaffolded by three key concepts: exposure, temporality and resource base. Because the study is grounded in the Capability Approach Framework it captures multi-dimensionality and intangible goods which are emotions such as fear, anger, shock or shame. It seeks to better understand the differentiated responses of men and women to climate variations and stress such as extreme heat, cold, droughts or floods in a specific site, Lambani, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The main aim is to understand different responses of men and women to climate change in order to design and populate a vulnerability assessment (VA) framework. In order to do so the Capability Approach (CA) is applied as a theoretical frame with its lens on diversity and social justice. The CA thus provides an expanded notion of human well-being that taps into the emotional life of women and men in Lambani
Agriculture · Anger · Climate change · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Famine · Geography · Livelihood · Political science · Psychological resilience · Vulnerability (computing · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |