UID:
edocfu_9961557350002883
Format:
1 online resource (1003 p.)
Edition:
1st edition
ISBN:
1-136-27249-6
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1-84971-302-2
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0-203-10988-0
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1-136-27250-X
Content:
〈P〉Environmental change presents a new context and new opportunities for transformational change. This timely book will inspire new ways of understanding the relationship between environmental change and human security. 〈I〉A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action〈/I〉 both supports and informs a call for new, transformative approaches to research, policy and action. The chapters in this book include critical analyses, case studies and reflections on contemporary environmental and social challenges, with a strong emphasis on those relate
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. A changing environment for human security; Introduction; Human security: a concept 'coming of age'; A changing context for human security; A reality check; Breakthrough conditions; Perspectives; Paradigms; Empowerment; Integration of knowledge and action; Transformations: past and future; Conclusion; References; Part I: Reality check; 2. Human security in the Anthropocene: the implications of earth system analysis
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The anthropocene and securityGlobal environmental change; Securing what future?; Towards a new human security framework; References; 3. Climate change and security; Introduction; Climate change and human security; Climate change and migration; Climate change and violent conflict; Conclusions; References; 4. Lines in the shifting sand: the strategic politics of climate change, human security and national defense; Operation enduring narrative; All terrain security; Conclusion: drawing the line; Note; References; 5. Sustainable urbanization and human security; Introduction
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Trends and projections in global urban populationPopulation pressure and political violence; Urban social disorder: trends and new findings; Responses to address urban vulnerability; Conclusion; References; 6. Urban risk and vulnerability: insights and lessons from Latin American cities; Introduction; Relevance of urban change; Understanding urban vulnerability to climate change; The cities; ADAPTE: research findings; Concluding remarks; Note; References; 7. Uncertainty as insecurity: lessons on preparing for contingencies in Japan; The uncertainty of the threat
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Uncertainty and the study of human securityPollution strikes: Minamata disease; Uncertainty in Fukushima; Tackling uncertainty: the process of threat recognition; Note; References; 8. Human security at risk: development impacts of global environmental change in drylands; Introduction; Methodology; Global Integrated Sustainability Model (GISMO); Archetypical patterns of pulnerability; Prospects in child mortality; Vulnerability of small-holder farmers in dryland areas; Increasing vulnerability due to global environmental change; Entry points to strengthen human security in drylands
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ConclusionsNote; References; Part II: Breakthrough conditions; Perspectives; 9. Social ecological resilience and human security; Introduction: what is resilience?; How is resilience applied to environmental change?; Where do security and resilience meet?; Resilience and national security; Resilience and human security; How can resilience inform human security?; Acknowledgment; References; 10. Climate change and the global financial crisis: stresses, synergies, and challenges for human security; Introduction; The double exposure framework
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The global financial crisis and climatic risk: California's Central Valley
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84971-301-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-299-71547-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203109885
