TY  - BOOK
AU  - Enarson, Elaine
TI  - Women and disasters in the United States
SN  - 978-1-58826-831-0
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Boulder, CO : 
PB  - Lynne Rienner, 
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - NATURAL DISASTERS
KW  - RISK FACTORS
KW  - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
KW  - UNITED STATES
N2  - Natural disasters push ordinary gender disparities to the extreme—leaving women not only to deal with a catastrophe's aftermath, but also at risk for greater levels of domestic violence, displacement, and other threats to their security and well-being. Elaine Enarson presents a comprehensive assessment, encompassing both theory and practice, of how gender shapes disaster vulnerability and resilience. (From the website). This excerpted first chapter provides an introduction . Record #6583
UR  - https://www.rienner.com/uploads/4ef0c5784a911.pdf
UR  - https://www.rienner.com/title/Women_Confronting_Natural_Disaster_From_Vulnerability_to_Resilience
ER  -