Handbook of security and the environment / edited by Ashok Swain, Joakim Öjendal and Anders Jägerskog.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Swain, Ashok, editor.

Öjendal, Joakim, editor.

Jägerskog, Anders, editor.

Series:

Elgar handbooks in energy, the environment and climate change.

Elgar handbooks in energy, the environment and climate change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

"This comprehensive Handbook tackles the increasingly urgent problem of the impact of climate change on conflict and human security. It analyses the ways in which scarcity of resources leads to food, water and health insecurities, resulting in population migration. Chapters cover how these contribute globally to societal insecurity and violent conflict in a growing number of regions. Featuring contributions from leading international scholars, the Handbook is divided into thematic sections, examining first the effects of environmental scarcity on security at a macro level before delving into region-specific issues and challenges. The final section investigates the actors, institutions and processes engaged with environmental security, discussing the shifting international political discourse and how this is challenging the conservative military security paradigm. The combination of comparative global analysis alongside regionally focused studies makes this Handbook an invaluable resource for all scholars and students of environment and climate security. It will also be of interest to policy professionals working on issues of environmental scarcity and new security challenges"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface and acknowledgements

Part I: Introduction: 1. Introduction: Security and the environment - the link / Ashok Swain, Joakim Öjendal and Anders Jägerskog

Part II: Macro processes of environmental security: 2. Scarcity, abundance and migration: The future of environmental security / James R. Lee

3. Global climate change and security threats / Simon Dalby

4. Global water crises and challenges for water security / Larry A. Swatuk

5. Climate change and (in)security in transboundary river basins / David Michel, Mats Eriksson and Martina Klimes

6. Revisiting freshwater abundance within the peace and conflict discourse / Adan E. Suazo

Part III: Micro processes of environmental security

7. Environment and security in West Africa: Response of the international community and the complexity on the ground / Mats Hårsmar

8. Mining, environmental changes and human security in South Africa / Sethulego Matebesi

9. Green impunity: Measuring ecojustice, institutional capacities and policy design as an approach to environmental security / Celeste Cedillo and Juan Antonio Le Clercq

10. Climate change and security threats in southeast asia / Elliot Brennan

11. Cases and implications of environmental insecurity in southeast asia / Mely Caballero-Anthony and Margareth Sembiring

12. Environment and energy in central asia: Challenges and prospects / Vakur Sümer, Dauren Aben and Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay

13. Water and environmental security in China / Zhijian Wang and Samuel Smith

14. Environment and security in India: A hyphenated discourse / Jayati Srivastava

15. Nepal: Reflections on the environmental and human security debate / Bishnu Raj Upreti

16. Security and environment in the middle east / Nadim Farajalla, Elie Dib, Olivia Macharis and Emil Kaston

Part IV: Actors and processes engaged with environmental security

17. Climate change and the environment at the UN security council: Towards a comprehensive approach / Martin Wall and Janani Vivekananda

18. Understanding and framing scarcity, sustainability and security: Why and how to use the complexity lens / Shafiqul Islam and Enamul Choudhury

19. The environment of lasting peace: Natural resources and climate change in peace negotiations / Barbara Magalhaes Teixeira

20. Bribery, corruption, geopolitics and investigation / Mark Nuttall

21. Renewable energy, security and environment / Huiyi Chen

22. Displaced populations, food security and frontier agriculture / Dorte Verner and Edinaldo Tebaldi

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78990-066-2

OCLC:

1255224349