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Facing Global Environmental Change

Environmental, Human, Energy, Food, Health and Water Security Concepts

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Editors:
  1. Hans Günter Brauch

    1. Free University of Berlin, Germany

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  2. Úrsula Oswald Spring

    1. National University of Mexico, Morelos, Mexico

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  3. John Grin

    1. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  4. Czeslaw Mesjasz

    1. Cracow University of Economics, Poland

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  5. Patricia Kameri-Mbote

    1. University of Nairobi, Kenya

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  6. Navnita Chadha Behera

    1. Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, New Delhi, India

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  7. Béchir Chourou

    1. University of Tunis-Carthage, Tunisia

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  8. Heinz Krummenacher

    1. swisspeace, Bern, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace (HSHES, volume 4)

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Table of contents (100 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-18
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  3. Securitization of Global Environmental Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-64
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    2. Securitizing Global Environmental Change

      • Hans Günter Brauch
      Pages 65-102

    3. Natural Climatic Variations in the Holocene: Past Impacts on Cultural History, Human Welfare and Crisis

      • Wolf Dieter Blümel
      Pages 103-118

    4. Climate Change Impacts on the Environment and Civilization in the Near East

      • Arie S. Issar, Mattanyah Zohar
      Pages 119-130

    5. Human Security, Climate Change and Small Islands

      • Yannis N. Kinnas
      Pages 131-139

    6. Redefining Sustainability: A Policy Tool for Environmental Security and Desertification

      • Rajeb Boulharouf, Douglas Pattie
      Pages 141-149

    7. Societal Impacts of Desertification: Migration and Environmental Refugees?

      • Andreas Rechkemmer
      Pages 151-158

    8. Desertification in Algeria: Policies and Measures for the Protection of Natural Resources

      • Ghazi Ali
      Pages 159-173

    9. Securitizing Water

      • Úrsula Oswald Spring, Hans Günter Brauch
      Pages 175-202

    10. Changing Population Size and Distribution as a Security Concern

      • Wolfgang Lutz
      Pages 203-213

    11. Life on the Edge: Urban Social Vulnerability and Decentralized, Citizen-Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Four Large Cities of the Pacific Rim

      • Ben Wisner, Juha Uitto
      Pages 215-231

    12. Policy Dimensions of Human Security and Vulnerability Challenges. The Case of Urban India

      • Isabelle Milbert
      Pages 233-242

  4. Securitization of Extreme Natural and Societal Outcomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-244
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    2. Interactions between Conflict and Natural Hazards: Swords, Ploughshares, Earthquakes, Floods and Storms

      • Ben Wisner
      Pages 245-256

    3. AIDS as a Human Security Challenge

      • Nana K. Poku, Bjorg Sandkjaer
      Pages 257-268
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The year 2007 could perhaps accurately be described as the year when climate change finally received the attention that this challenge deserves globally. Much of the information and knowledge that was created in this field during the year was the result of the findings of the Fourth - sessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which were disseminated on a large scale and reported extensively by the media. This was the result not only of a heightened interest on the part of the public on various aspects of climate change, but also because the IPCC itself proactively attempted to spread the findings of its AR4 to the public at large. The interest generated on the scientific realities of climate change was further enhanced by the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the IPCC and former Vice President of the US, Al Gore. By taking this decision in favour of a leader who has done a great deal to create awareness on c- mate change, and a body that assesses all scientific aspects of climate change and disseminates the result of its findings, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has clearly drawn the link between climate change and peace in the world.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Free University of Berlin, Germany

    Hans Günter Brauch

  • National University of Mexico, Morelos, Mexico

    Úrsula Oswald Spring

  • University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    John Grin

  • Cracow University of Economics, Poland

    Czeslaw Mesjasz

  • University of Nairobi, Kenya

    Patricia Kameri-Mbote

  • Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, New Delhi, India

    Navnita Chadha Behera

  • University of Tunis-Carthage, Tunisia

    Béchir Chourou

  • swisspeace, Bern, Switzerland

    Heinz Krummenacher

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