Global environmental change and human security / edited by Richard A. Matthew [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matthew, Richard A., 1959-

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 (x, 327 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2010]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

I Introduction 1

1 Global Environmental Change and Human Security: An Introduction / Jon Barnett, Richard A. Matthew, Karen L. O'Brien 3

II Global Environmental Change and Human Insecurity 33

2 Human Security, Vulnerability, and Global Environmental Change / Mike Brklacich, May Chazan, Hans-Georg Bohle 35

3 Global Health and Human Security: Addressing Impacts from Globalization and Environmental Change / Bryan McDonald 53

4 The Vulnerability of Urban Slum Dwellers to Global Environmental Change / Laura Little, Chris Cocklin 77

5 Environmental Change, Disasters, and Vulnerability: The Case of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans / Victoria Basolo 97

III Global Environmental Change, Conflict, and Cooperation 117

6 Environmental Change, Human Security, and Violent Conflict / Jon Barnett, W. Neil Adger 119

7 Environmental Change and Human Security in Nepal / Richard A. Matthew, Bishnu Raj Upreti 137

IV Human Security and Sustainable Development 155

8 Global Environmental Change, Equity, and Human Security / Karen L. O'Brien, Robin M. Leichenko 157

9 Approaches to Enhancing Human Security / Marvin S.Soroos 177

10 Rethinking the Role of Population in Human Security / Betsy Hartmann 193

11 Women, Global Environmental Change, and Human Security / Heather Goldsworthy 215

12 Human Security as a Prerequisite for Development / Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah 237

13 Free to Squander? Democracy and Sustainable Development, 1975-2000 / Indra de Soysa, Jennifer Baiiey, Eric Neumayer 261

o14 Environmental Transborder Cooperation in Latin America: Challenges to the Westphalia Order / Alexander Lp̤ez 291

V Conclusion 305

15 Charting the Next Generation of Global Environmental Change and Human Security Research / Jon Barnett, Richard A. Matthew, Karen L. O'Brien 307.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262259057

0262259052

9780262013406

0262013401

9780262513081

0262513080

1282694650

9781282694651

9786612694653

6612694653

OCLC:

471914906

Publisher Number:

9786612694653

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.