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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789363503321

Titolo

Climate and social stress : implications for security analysis / / Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; John D. Steinbruner, Paul C. Stern, and Jo L. Husbands, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-309-27859-7

0-309-27857-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

363.73874

Soggetti

National security - United States

Climatic changes - Risk assessment - United States

Climatic changes - Risk management - United States

Climatic changes - Social aspects - United States

Climatic changes - Political aspects - United States

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 (pages 161-177).

Nota di contenuto

Climate change as a national security concern -- Climate change, vulnerability, and national security : a conceptual framework -- Potentially disruptive climate events -- How climate events can lead to social and political stresses -- Climate events and antional security outcomes -- Methods for assessing national security threats.