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

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 327 pages) : illustrations Contents Global environmental change and human security: an introduction / Jon Barnett, Richard A. Matthew, and Karen L. O'Brien -- Human security, vulnerability, and global environmental change / Mike Brklacich, May Chazan, and Hans-Georg Bohle -- Global health and human security: addressing impacts from globalization and environmental change / Bryan McDonald -- The vulnerability of urban slum dwellers to global environmental change / Laura Little and Chris Cocklin -- Environmental change, disasters, and vulnerability: the case of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans / Victoria Basolo -- Environmental change, human security, and violent conflict / Jon Barnett and W. Neil Adger -- Environmental change and human security in Nepal / Richard A. Matthew and Bishnu Raj Upreti -- Global environmental change, equity, and human security / Karen L. O'Brien and Robin M. Leichenko -- Approaches to enhancing human security / Marvin S. Soroos -- Rethinking the role of population in human security / Betsy Hartmann -- Women, global environmental change, and human security / Heather Goldsworthy -- Human security as a prerequisite for development / Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah -- Free to squander? Democracy and sustainable development, 1975-2000 / Indra de Soysa, Jennifer Bailey, and Eric Neumayer -- Environmental transborder cooperation in Latin America: challenges to the Westphalia order / Alexander Lopez -- Charting the next generation of global environmental change and human security research / Jon Barnett, Richard A. Matthew, and Karen L. O'Brien Summary Experts discuss the risks global environmental change poses for the human security, including disaster and disease, violence, and increasing inequity Analysis ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Global environmental change -- Social aspects Human beings -- Effect of environment on. Security, International -- Environmental aspects SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography. Global environmental change -- Social aspects Human beings -- Effect of environment on Security, International -- Environmental aspects Form Electronic book Author Matthew, Richard A., 1959- ISBN 9780262259057 0262259052 9780262013406 0262013401 9780262513081 0262513080 1282694650 9781282694651 9786612694653 6612694653 0262258374 9780262258371

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