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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437954403321

Autore

Westing Arthur H

Titolo

From environmental to comprehensive security / / Arthur H. Westing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

3-319-00687-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs on pioneers in science and practice. Texts and protocols, , 2194-3125 ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

363.7

577.274

Soggetti

War - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Toward a sustainable future -- pt. II. Benchmark papers by the author : a selection.

Sommario/riassunto

This work presents the evolution of the traditional concept of "national security" as military security to additionally embrace "environmental security" and then necessarily also "social (societal) security", thence to be termed "comprehensive human security". It accomplishes this primarily by presenting 11 of the author's own benchmark papers published between 1983 and 2010 (additionally providing bibliographic citations to a further 36 of the author's related publications during that period). The work stresses the importance of transfrontier (regional) cooperation, and also recognizes global overpopulation as a key impediment to achieving comprehensive human security.