Handbook of Security and the Environment by Ashok Swain (English) Hardcover Book

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This comprehensive Handbook tackles the increasingly urgent problem of the impact of climate change on conflict and human security. It analyses the ways in which scarcity of resources leads to food, water and health insecurities, resulting in population migration. Chapters cover how these contribute globally to societal insecurity and violent conflict in a growing number of regions.Featuring contributions from leading international scholars, the Handbook is divided into thematic sections, examining first the effects of environmental scarcity on security at a macro level before delving into region-specific issues and challenges. The final section investigates the actors, institutions and processes engaged with environmental security, discussing the shifting international political discourse and how this is challenging the conservative military security paradigm.The combination of comparative global analysis alongside regionally focused studies makes this Handbook an invaluable resource for all scholars and students of environment and climate security. It will also be of interest to policy professionals working on issues of environmental scarcity and new security challenges.

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Edited by Ashok Swain, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Joakim Öjendal, Professor of Peace and Development Research, Gothenburg University, Sweden and Anders Jägerskog, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, The World Bank, Washington DC, US

Table of Contents

Contents:Preface and acknowledgements xivPART I INTRODUCTION1 Introduction: security and the environment – the link 2Ashok Swain, Joakim Öjendal and Anders JägerskogPART II MACRO PROCESSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY2 Scarcity, abundance and migration: the future of environmental security 14James R. Lee3 Global climate change and security threats 26Simon Dalby4 Global water crises and challenges for water security 40Larry A. Swatuk5 Climate change and (in)security in transboundary river basins 62David Michel, Mats Eriksson and Martina Klimes6 Revisiting freshwater abundance within the peace and conflict discourse 76Adan E. SuazoPART III MICRO PROCESSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY7 Environment and security in West Africa: response of the internationalcommunity and the complexity on the ground 88Mats Hårsmar8 Mining, environmental changes and human security in South Africa 103Sethulego Matebesi9 Green impunity: measuring ecojustice, institutional capacities andpolicy design as an approach to environmental security 115Celeste Cedillo and Juan Antonio Le Clercq10 Climate change and security threats in Southeast Asia 132Elliot Brennan11 Cases and implications of environmental insecurity in Southeast Asia 149Mely Caballero-Anthony and Margareth Sembiring12 Environment and energy in Central Asia: challenges and prospects 162Vakur Sumer, Dauren Aben and Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay13 Water and environmental security in China 176Zhijian Wang and Samuel Smith14 Environment and security in India: a hyphenated discourse 192Jayati Srivastava15 Nepal: reflections on the environmental and human security debate 212Bishnu Raj Upreti16 Security and environment in the Middle East 228Nadim Farajalla, Elie Dib, Olivia Macharis and Emil KastonPART IV ACTORS AND PROCESSES ENGAGED WITHENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY17 Climate change and the environment at the UN Security Council:towards a comprehensive approach 241Martin Wall and Janani Vivekananda18 Understanding and framing scarcity, sustainability and security: whyand how to use the complexity lens 257Shafiqul Islam and Enamul Choudhury19 The environment of lasting peace: natural resources and climate changein peace negotiations 273Barbara Magalhaes Teixeira20 Bribery, corruption, geopolitics and investigation 290Mark Nuttall21 Renewable energy, security and environment 307Huiyi Chen22 Displaced populations, food security and frontier agriculture 320Dorte Verner and Edinaldo TebaldiIndex

Review

'The contributors to this edited volume seek to fill the gaps in existing knowledge on these topics, and do so in a creative and well-researched manner, making the book a reliable reference source for further studies in this field.' -- Fatemeh Shayan, International Affairs'Swain, Öjendal and Jägerskog's important Handbook brings new debates, new voices and new cases to the growing research literature on environment and security links and threats to human security at local, national, regional and global scale.' -- Stacy D. VanDeveer, University of Massachusetts, US'The editors rightly shine a spotlight on the human security dimensions of environment and security links in this Handbook. This more inclusive approach provides a more complete picture of the multi-layered complexity of connections, avoiding the reductionism that afflicts some treatments of these topics. This Handbook reaches beyond the usual suspects to provide in-depth analysis in a wide range of country level and issue specific chapters.' -- Geoffrey Dabelko, Ohio University, US'The Handbook of Security and the Environment offers a unique perspective on the intersection between the traditional notions of security and emerging concepts of environmental security. It effectively captures the contemporary knowledge base on environmental security and advances it considerably by exploring pragmatic and actionable steps that can enhance the prospects of enduring global peace. The nuanced analysis captures different geographical contexts and international actors, and unpacks innovations in securing environmental resources - notably food, water and energy - against global impacts of climate change, excessive resource exploitation, mass migration, volatility in food prices, and spiking water scarcity.' -- Zafar Adeel, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Review Quote

'The Handbook of Security and the Environment offers a unique perspective on the intersection between the traditional notions of security and emerging concepts of environmental security. It effectively captures the contemporary knowledge base on environmental security and advances it considerably by exploring pragmatic and actionable steps that can enhance the prospects of enduring global peace. The nuanced analysis captures different geographical contexts and international actors, and unpacks innovations in securing environmental resources - notably food, water and energy - against global impacts of climate change, excessive resource exploitation, mass migration, volatility in food prices, and spiking water scarcity.'

Details ISBN1789900654 Series Elgar Handbooks in Energy, the Environment and Climate Change Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1789900654 ISBN-13 9781789900651 Format Hardcover Pages 368 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2021-05-21 AU Release Date 2021-05-21 NZ Release Date 2021-05-21 UK Release Date 2021-05-21 Author Anders Jägerskog Edited by Anders Jägerskog DEWEY 304.25 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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