Overview
- Exposition of National Security Implications of Climate Change
- Focus on Urban Areas as Hotspots of Climate Impacts
- Discussions on Climate Impacts on Local Meteorology, Air Pollution and Human Health
Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security (NAPSC)
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Table of contents (31 papers)
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About this book
Climate change has been identified as one of the greatest threats to humanity of all times. In addition to producing adverse environmental conditions such as rising sea level, drought, crop failure, vector-borne diseases, extreme events, degradation of water/air quality and heat waves, climate change is also considered a threat multiplier that leads to local and international conflicts and armed interventions. Urban areas may bear the brunt of climate change, as they are the centers of human habitation, anthropogenic stressors and environmental degradation, and the ensuing health impacts are of grave societal concern. The papers in this volume span a suite of climate change repercussions, paying particular attention to national security and human health aspects. It is an outcome of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held during April 28-30, 2011 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, sponsored by the NATO Science for Peace and Security Program. The contributions cut across the elements of modeling, natural, political and social sciences, engineering, politics, military intervention, urban planning, industrial activities, epidemiology and healthcare.
Reviews
“This edited volume brings together 32 papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 2011. … The book would be relevant in the national security/ homeland security discussion because it examines a potential root cause of threats to national security. … Ferando and Klaic, along with their fellow scientists, have provided valuable evidence that substantiates how climate change affects not only on the environment, but also our future security.” (Romeo Lavarias, Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. 34 (5), 2015)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: National Security and Human Health Implications of Climate Change
Editors: H. J. S. Fernando, Z. Klaić, J.L. McCulley
Series Title: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2430-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2429-7Published: 07 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2500-3Published: 07 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2430-3Published: 06 January 2012
Series ISSN: 1874-6519
Series E-ISSN: 1874-6543
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 369
Number of Illustrations: 118 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Climate Change, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Sustainable Development