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Environmental Change, Adaptation, and Security

✍ Scribed by Michael Redclift (auth.), S. C. Lonergan (eds.)

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Leaves
412
Series
NATO ASI Series 65
Edition
1
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

The chapters in this volume are edited versions of papers presented at the NATO Ad­ vanced Research Workshop on Environmental Change Adaptation and Security held in Budapest, Hungary, from October 16 - 18, 1997. As is evident in this volume, the papers ranged from descriptions of environmental and health issues in Russia and Eastern Europe to models of sustainable land use. This diversity of perspectives on environ­ ment and security is indicative of both the breadth of this new area of research as well as the varied background of the researchers involved. The discussions at the NATO workshop were remarkably animated and exciting, not surprising given the interest in the topic. I think this vitality is reflected in the papers in this volume as well. The main purpose of the NATO ARW is to foster research links among researchers from NATO countries and Central and Eastern European States, Russia, and the Newly Independent States. In editing this volume, a decision was made to keep to the spirit of this purpose and-if at all possible-include all papers prepared for the workshop. This required extensive editing and rewriting of some of the papers (and consequent delays in production). A determination was made early in the process by the workshop steering committee that the value of publishing the entire collection of articles out­ weighed the advantages of accepting only a limited number.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Environmental Security and Competition for the Environment....Pages 3-16
Social Responses to Environmental Change....Pages 17-39
Strategies for Enhancing Human Security in the Face of Global Change....Pages 41-55
Adapting to Environmental Insecurities: A Conceptual Model....Pages 57-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Transportation’s Oil Dependence and Energy Security in the 21st Century....Pages 77-96
Food Security Concepts....Pages 97-107
Water Resource Distribution and Security in the Jordan-Israel-Palestinian Peace Process....Pages 109-129
Sustainable Development and Environmental Security: a Pragmatic Approach for Hungary....Pages 131-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Islands in the Midst: Environmental Change, Vulnerability, and Security in the Pacific....Pages 141-159
Institutional Adaptation to Global Environmental Change and Human Security in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 161-178
Providing Istanbul with Drinking Water: The Politics of Water Security in a Rapidly Growing Metropolis....Pages 179-193
Recent Greenhouse Gas Emission and Climatic Trends: A Comparison of Russia with Other Countries....Pages 195-199
Environmental Changes Within Kyrgyzstan....Pages 201-204
Sustainable Land Use: Methodology and Application....Pages 205-222
A New Class of Global Models of Associative Memory Type as a Tool for Considering Global Environmental Change....Pages 223-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Solving Transboundary Air Pollution Conflict: A New Framework for Countries in Transition....Pages 231-244
Social Adaptation in Romania to the Chernobyl Accident....Pages 245-250
“Water Wars” and Water Reality: Conflict and Cooperation Along International Waterways....Pages 251-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Implementation in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 269-288
Radioactive Contamination, Environmental Changes, and Strategies for Adaptation....Pages 289-300
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Water Alliances in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin....Pages 301-316
Environmental Preservation Strategy in the New Romania: Institutional and Behavioural Challenges....Pages 317-333
Environmental Change, Social Conflict, and Limits to Adaptation in Developing Countries....Pages 335-347
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Water Pollution and its Influence on Population Health....Pages 351-361
Adapting to Climate Change in Bulgaria: An Economic Approach....Pages 363-374
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Environmental Security and Sustainability in Natural Resource Management: A Decision Support Framework....Pages 377-395
Mapping Human Insecurity....Pages 397-413
Back Matter....Pages 415-423

✦ Subjects

Environmental Management; Social Sciences, general; Climate Change; Human Geography; Geography (general)

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