University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 2011 · 63 citations · 60 references
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Social SciencesEnvironmental Social ScienceGender StudiesClimate Change AdaptationWomen's HealthWomen's StudiesClimate ChangeClimate PoliticsClimate VulnerabilityDroughtGender EqualitySocial VulnerabilityClimate Change Health EffectsClimate Change RiskClimate RiskClimate Risk GovernanceDrought RiskGender And Climate EquityGender VulnerabilityHuman Vulnerability To Climate
Women are often in the frontline in respect to the impacts of a changing climate. Globally the world is seeing increasingly frequent droughts and floods which are having economic but also profound social consequences. The women and people of Asia are currently at greatest risk with over 100 million people affected in this region annually.
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