Social Impact of Foreign Female Domestic Workers from South Asia and Africa on GCC Families

South Asia

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199777716.013.27 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Ravinder Gargesh ◽

Pingali Sailaja

Keyword(s):

South Asia ◽

Social Impact ◽

Wide Spectrum ◽

Code Switching ◽

The Political ◽

Linguistic Features ◽

Theoretical Approaches ◽

History Of ◽

Political Economic

This chapter traces the history of English in the countries of South Asia, including the political, economic, educational, and social impact of the language on the region. The major debates and processes that led to the institutionalization of the language are highlighted. It then presents an outline of the typical linguistic features and also their variation across the region. Some of the consequences of the multilingual context and the need to communicate by a wide spectrum of groups led to the development of sub-varieties and widespread code-switching; the chapter discusses these phenomena as well. Some theoretical approaches that aim to explain some of the aspects of the linguistic features rather than merely describe the data are then presented.

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Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.345 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mihir Bhatt ◽

Ronak B. Patel ◽

Kelsey Gleason ◽

Mehul Pandya

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Natural Disasters ◽

South Asia ◽

Risk Reduction ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Informal Economy ◽

Disaster Risk Reduction ◽

Social Impact ◽

Disaster Risk ◽

The Impact

Both the impact and the frequency of natural disasters and extreme events in South Asia are steadily increasing due to growing exposure and vulnerability. These vulnerabilities are compounded by fast economic growth and an increase in natural disasters across the region. Disaster losses in South Asia are rising and are felt across many domains. From the formal to the informal economy, natural disasters have increasingly strong impacts in terms of lives lost, social impact, and impediments to growth. New challenges in disaster risk reduction are emerging due to an increase in the duration and frequency of natural disaster events attributable to climate change. Though both climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction efforts exist to some degree throughout South Asia, integrating climate change adaptation into disaster risk reduction is critical to successful and inclusive growth of economies in the region. Challenges remain, and national and subnational governments are making some progress in policies aimed at both climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. However, many of these efforts are planned, designed, and implemented separately, with limited understanding of how disaster and climate risk are linked. Moreover, progress is hindered by poor understanding of how integration of these concepts can result in better governance of risk in South Asia. Additionally, political will, capacity constraints, and institutional barriers must be overcome. Efforts by the international community are making progress in unifying these concepts, yet gaps and challenges still exist. The benefits of converging climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Asia are significant, from minimizing climate-related losses to more efficient use of limited resources and more effective and sustainable development.

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