| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps (digital, XML file) |
| Series |
Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues |
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Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues.
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| Contents |
Historical and current overview of the issue -- Natural resources -- Food security -- Climate change -- Collateral damage -- Conclusion : ecological thinking |
| Summary |
This book establishes and updates the connection between global environmental problems and international security, describing existing theories of environmental security and illustrating them with evidence from present-day global ecological realities. Specifically, the book shows readers how both shortages and abundance of natural resources such as fresh water, oil and natural gas, and diamonds and timber can contribute to conflict and insecurity. It also discusses how agriculture and fisheries issues affect food security with international ramifications, how global ecosystem shifts like climate change are affecting both the earth and the movement of people on it, and how war and preparation for war can affect the natural environment. Finally, the book explores how nations can, and must, cooperate with each other to confront and manage these threats |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Climatic changes.
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Environmental policy.
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Food security.
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Environmental protection.
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National security.
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Security, International.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0313391521 (electronic bk.) |
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9780313391521 (electronic bk.) |
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(alk. paper) |
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(alk. paper) |
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