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Global environmental change and human security / edited by Richard A. Matthew ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Global environmental change--Social aspects.
- Global environmental change.
- Human beings--Effect of environment on.
- Human beings.
- Security, International--Environmental aspects.
- Security, International.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Experts discuss the risks global environmental change poses for the human security, including disaster and disease, violence, and increasing inequity.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-25837-4
- 1-282-69465-0
- 9786612694653
- 0-262-25905-2
- OCLC:
- 471914906
- Publisher Number:
- 9786612694653
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