Environmental protection, security and armed conflict : a sustainable development perspective / Onita Das.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Das, Onita.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental protection.

War--Environmental aspects.

War.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict from a sustainable development perspective. The author details how at each stage of the armed conflict life cycle, policy, law and enforcement have fallen short of the sustainable development model and concludes with a set of suggestions for how to address this pressing concern. The book considers and discusses: Environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict from a holistically sustainable development perspective. Environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict in the life cyc

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of legislation; 1. Introduction; 2. Sustainable development, security and armed conflict - developing a theoretical framework for a legal analysis of war and the environment; 3. Failing sustainable development? Early warning, early action, and preventing environmental security threats; 4. Sustainable development and the protection of the environment during times of armed conflict

5. Post-conflict: breaking the cycle fora better future - sustainable development and environmental protection relevant to security andarmed conflict6. Conclusions and challenges; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-99478-X

1-78100-468-4

OCLC:

826684903