Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict Challenges for Societal Stability

Severe droughts, damaging floods and mass migration: Climate change is becoming a focal point for security and conflict research and a challenge for the world’s governance structures. But how severe are the security risks and conflict potentials of climate change? Could global warming trigger a sequ...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Scheffran, Jürgen (Editor), Brzoska, Michael (Editor), Brauch, Hans Günter (Editor), Link, Peter Michael (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
Series:Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I  Introduction
  • Part II Climate Change, Human Security, Societal Stability, and Violent Conflict: Empirical and Theoretical Linkages
  • Part III Climate Change and the Securitization Discourse
  • Part IV Climate Change and Migration
  • Part V Climate Change and Security in the Middle East
  • Part VI Climate Change and Security in Africa
  • Part VII Climate Change and Security in Asia and the Pacific
  • Part VIII Improving Climate Security: Cooperative Policies and Capacity-Building
  • Part IX Conclusions and Outlook
  • Abbreviations
  • Biographies of Contributors
  • Index