Research Catalog

Title

Gender perspectives of climate change : coping and adaptive strategies in Ghana / by Patience Thelma Melfah Damptey and Dr. Ama Kwansima Essel.

Author

Damptey, Patience Thelma Melfah

Publication

• Accra, Ghana : ABANTU for Development, [2014].
• ©2014

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Additional Authors

• Essel, Ama Kwansima
• ABANTU-ROWA, issuing body, publisher.

Description

83 pages : illustrations, maps, charts; 25 cm

Subjects

• Climate change mitigation
• Climatic changes > Economic aspects
• Climatic changes > Social aspects
• Women and the environment
• Climate change mitigation > Ghana
• Climatic changes > Economic aspects > Ghana
• Climatic changes > Social aspects > Ghana
• Women and the environment > Ghana
• Ghana

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Background. Introduction Rationale ; Objectives -- Geographic and socioeconomic framework -- Political and institutional framework -- Literature review. Concept of climate change ; Climate change impacts in Ghana ; Ghana's vulnerability to climate change ; Coping and adapting ; Concept of gender ; Gender and sustainable development ; Gender in the Ghanaian context ; Gender, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change ; Efforts at placing gender in national development ; Water, gender and climate change ; Energy, women and climate change ; Fisheries, women and climate change -- Study areas. Kwanyaku ; Climate ; Economic activity ; Existing water situation ; Economy ; Environmental situation ; Keta municipality ; Physical characteristics ; Climate and vegetation ; Water transport and links ; Environmental situation ; Farming ; Fishing ; Wood cutting ; Coastal sand winning ; Built environment -- Methodology. Data collection ; Limitations ; Data analysis -- Main findings of the study. Assessing knowledge on climate change ; Practices ; Traditional coping and adaptive strategies ; Coping during drought ; Access to water ; Cultural practices ; Access to credit ; Qualitative analysis ; Causes and impacts of climate change in Kwanyaku ; Coping strategies ; Traditional knowledge ; Cultural practices ; access to resources ; Conservation of natural resources ; Causes and impacts of climate change in Keta ; Coping strategies ; Traditional knowledge ; Cultural practices -- Conclusions and recommendations. Conclusions ; Gaps in knowledge and practices ; Gender linkages ; Coping strategies ; Recommendations -- References -- Appendices.

Call Number

Sc E 17-1412

ISBN

• 9789988194086
• 9988194080

OCLC

968153312

Author

Damptey, Patience Thelma Melfah, author.

Title

Gender perspectives of climate change : coping and adaptive strategies in Ghana / by Patience Thelma Melfah Damptey and Dr. Ama Kwansima Essel.

Publisher

Accra, Ghana : ABANTU for Development, [2014].

Copyright Date

©2014

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Essel, Ama Kwansima, author.

ABANTU-ROWA, issuing body, publisher.

Research Call Number

Sc E 17-1412