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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454965203321

Titolo

Global environmental change and human security [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard A. Matthew ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2009

ISBN

0-262-25837-4

1-282-69465-0

9786612694653

0-262-25905-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MatthewRichard Anthony

Disciplina

304.2/5

Soggetti

Global environmental change - Social aspects

Human beings - Effect of environment on

Security, International - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; I Introduction; 1 Global Environmental Change and Human Security; II Global Environmental Change and Human Insecurity; 2 Human Security, Vulnerability, and Global Environmental Change; 3 Global Health and Human Security; 4 The Vulnerability of Urban Slum Dwellers to Global Environmental Change; 5 Environmental Change, Disasters, and Vulnerability; III Global Environmental Change, Conflict, and Cooperation; 6 Environmental Change, Human Security, and Violent Conflict; 7 Environmental Change and Human Security in Nepal

IV Human Security and Sustainable Development8 Global Environmental Change, Equity, and Human Security; 9 Approaches to Enhancing Human Security; 10 Rethinking the Role of Population in Human Security; 11 Women, Global Environmental Change, and Human Security; 12 Human Security as a Prerequisite for Development; 13 Free to Squander?; 14 Environmental Transborder Cooperation in Latin America; V Conclusion; 15 Charting the Next Generation of Global Environmental Change and Human Security Research; Contributors;



Index

Sommario/riassunto

Experts discuss the risks global environmental change poses for the human security, including disaster and disease, violence, and increasing inequity.