Global Environmental Change and Human Security

by Matthew, Richard A.; Barnett, Jon; McDonald, Bryan; O'Brien, Karen L.

• ISBN13: 9780262013406
• ISBN10: 0262013401
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-31
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

In recent years, scholars in international relations and other fields have begun to conceive of security more broadly, moving away from a state-centered concept of national security toward the idea of human security, which emphasizes the individual and human well-being. Viewing global environmental change through the lens of human security connects such problems as melting ice caps and carbon emissions to poverty, vulnerability, equity, and conflict. This book examines the complex social, health, and economic consequences of environmental change across the globe. In chapters that are both academically rigorous and policy relevant, the book discusses the connections of global environmental change to urban poverty, natural disasters (with a case study of Hurricane Katrina), violent conflict (with a study of the decade-long Nepalese civil war), population, gender, and development. The book makes clear the inadequacy of traditional understandings of security and shows how global environmental change is raising new, unavoidable questions of human insecurity, conflict, cooperation, and sustainable development. Contributors:W. Neil Adger, Jennifer Bailey, Jon Barnett, Victoria Basolo, Hans Georg Bohle, Mike Brklacich, May Chazan, Chris Cocklin, Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Indra de Soysa, Heather Goldsworthy, Betsy Hartmann, Robin M. Leichenko, Laura Little, Alexander Lopez, Richard A. Matthew, Bryan McDonald, Eric Neumayer, Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah, Karen L. O'Brien, Marvin S. Soroos, Bishnu Raj Upreti

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Global Environmental Change and Human Security: An Introduction	p. 3
Global Environmental Change and Human Insecurity	p. 33
Human Security, Vulnerability, and Global Environmental Change	p. 35
Global Health and Human Security: Addressing Impacts from Globalization and Environmental Change	p. 53
The Vulnerability of Urban Slum Dwellers to Global Environmental Change	p. 77
Environmental Change, Disasters, and Vulnerability: The Case of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans	p. 97
Global Environmental Change, Conflict, and Cooperation	p. 117
Environmental Change, Human Security, and Violent Conflict	p. 119
Environmental Change and Human Security in Nepal	p. 137
Human Security and Sustainable Development	p. 155
Global Environmental Change, Equity, and Human Security	p. 157
Approaches to Enhancing Human Security	p. 177
Rethinking the Role of Population in Human Security	p. 193
Women, Global Environmental Change, and Human Security	p. 215
Human Security as a Prerequisite for Development	p. 237
Free to Squander? Democracy and Sustainable Development, 1975-2000	p. 261
Environmental Transborder Cooperation in Latin America: Challenges to the Westphalia Order	p. 291
Conclusion	p. 305
Charting the Next Generation of Global Environmental Change and Human Security Research	p. 307
List of Contributors	p. 317
Index	p. 323
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