Environmental security : An introduction / Peter Hough
Imprint
London : Routledge, 2014
Descript
xv, 158p. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
The politicization of the environment. -- The securitization of global environmental policy. -- Breeding to death? the threat posed by overpopulation. -- Fighting over the last drop? resource wars and energy security. -- The spoils of war: military security and the environment. -- Civilizational security: global threats from environmental change. -- Adapt or die? climate change. -- Messy business: pollution and human security. -- Running on empty: the human security consequences of resource depletion and biodiversity decline. -- Learning to expect the unexpected: natural disasters. -- Conclusions: to securitize or not to securitize?
SUBJECT
Security
International
Natinal security
Environment protcetion -- International cooperation