A changing environment for human security transformative approaches to research, policy and action
<P>Environmental change presents a new context and new opportunities for transformational change. This timely book will inspire new ways of understanding the relationship between environmental change and human security. <I>A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approac...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxfordshire, England ; New York :
Routledge
c2013.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628008306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. A changing environment for human security; Introduction; Human security: a concept 'coming of age'; A changing context for human security; A reality check; Breakthrough conditions; Perspectives; Paradigms; Empowerment; Integration of knowledge and action; Transformations: past and future; Conclusion; References; Part I: Reality check; 2. Human security in the Anthropocene: the implications of earth system analysis
- The anthropocene and securityGlobal environmental change; Securing what future?; Towards a new human security framework; References; 3. Climate change and security; Introduction; Climate change and human security; Climate change and migration; Climate change and violent conflict; Conclusions; References; 4. Lines in the shifting sand: the strategic politics of climate change, human security and national defense; Operation enduring narrative; All terrain security; Conclusion: drawing the line; Note; References; 5. Sustainable urbanization and human security; Introduction
- Trends and projections in global urban populationPopulation pressure and political violence; Urban social disorder: trends and new findings; Responses to address urban vulnerability; Conclusion; References; 6. Urban risk and vulnerability: insights and lessons from Latin American cities; Introduction; Relevance of urban change; Understanding urban vulnerability to climate change; The cities; ADAPTE: research findings; Concluding remarks; Note; References; 7. Uncertainty as insecurity: lessons on preparing for contingencies in Japan; The uncertainty of the threat
- Uncertainty and the study of human securityPollution strikes: Minamata disease; Uncertainty in Fukushima; Tackling uncertainty: the process of threat recognition; Note; References; 8. Human security at risk: development impacts of global environmental change in drylands; Introduction; Methodology; Global Integrated Sustainability Model (GISMO); Archetypical patterns of pulnerability; Prospects in child mortality; Vulnerability of small-holder farmers in dryland areas; Increasing vulnerability due to global environmental change; Entry points to strengthen human security in drylands
- ConclusionsNote; References; Part II: Breakthrough conditions; Perspectives; 9. Social ecological resilience and human security; Introduction: what is resilience?; How is resilience applied to environmental change?; Where do security and resilience meet?; Resilience and national security; Resilience and human security; How can resilience inform human security?; Acknowledgment; References; 10. Climate change and the global financial crisis: stresses, synergies, and challenges for human security; Introduction; The double exposure framework
- The global financial crisis and climatic risk: California's Central Valley
