Human security and the environment international comparisons

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    Page, Edward

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    Redclift, M. R.

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    Post-Cold War threats to security arise from human degradation of ecosystems as much as terrorist attacks and wars. Page (environmental sensibility, Keele U., UK) and Redclift (international environmental policy, King's College, London) introduce the concepts, history, challenges, and international case studies of sustainable development focusing on how environmental stress is linked to insecurity and violent conflict. Besides developing renewable resources to end dependence on hydrocarbon fuels, challenges addressed in these dozen scholarly papers include redefining "security" and "sustainability," valuing nature economically, distinguishing between environmental and ecological security, and conducting robust research on relevant indicators. Includes perspectives from the US, European Union, and developing regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa.

    Contents:
    • I. Concepts. Human security and the environment / Edward Page
    • Democracy and the environment / Nils Petter Gleditsch and Bjørn Otto Sverdrup
    • The environment and civil society / Michael Redclift
    • Global environmental change and human security / Steve Lonergan, Fred Langeweg and Henk Hildering
    • II. Challenges. Climate change as a security issue / Johannes Stripple
    • Food security / Colin Sage
    • Water and 'cultural security' / Chris Cocklin
    • III. International cases. The European Union and the 'securitisation' of the environment / John Vogler
    • Human security and the environment / Richard Matthew
    • Human security and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa / Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah
    • The semantics of 'human security' in North-west Amazonia / Oscar Forero and Graham Woodgate
    • Fresh water in Costa Rica / Álvaro Fernández-Conzáles, Viviana Blanco-Barboza and Edgar E. Guitiérrez-Espeleta
    Original Publisher: Northhampton, MA. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2002
    Language(s): English

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Page, Edward

Redclift, M. R.

Abstract

Post-Cold War threats to security arise from human degradation of ecosystems as much as terrorist attacks and wars. Page (environmental sensibility, Keele U., UK) and Redclift (international environmental policy, King's College, London) introduce the concepts, history, challenges, and international case studies of sustainable development focusing on how environmental stress is linked to insecurity and violent conflict. Besides developing renewable resources to end dependence on hydrocarbon fuels, challenges addressed in these dozen scholarly papers include redefining "security" and "sustainability," valuing nature economically, distinguishing between environmental and ecological security, and conducting robust research on relevant indicators. Includes perspectives from the US, European Union, and developing regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Northhampton, MA. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2002

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1840644583

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