Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What is a disaster? -- 2. What is development? -- 3. Gender, development and disasters -- 4. Internal and international response to disaster -- 5. Humanitarianism and humanitarian relief -- 6. Reconstruction or transformation? -- 7. Case studies of secondary disasters -- 8. Political mobilization for change -- 9. Disaster Risk Reduction .

Disaster research owes a lot to development studies and yet the debt is often not acknowledged. In this scholarly but accessible book by Sarah Bradshaw, we see a very effective linking of gender, disaster and development that will be of value to academics and practitioners working in and across all these domains. Maureen Fordham, University of Northumbria, UKBringing gender into the foreground in both development and disaster discourse, the author challenges received wisdom and offers cautionary notes about reinforcing inequalities through feminized disaster interventions. The book is an outstanding platform for fundamental change in how we think about and act toward gender in disaster contexts, leaving readers cautiously optimistic.