Environmental change and security : a European perspective /
Does a connection exist between environmental degradation, resource scarcity and violent conflicts? Global environmental changes, such as climate change and sea level rise, shortage of fresh water and rapid soil degradation increasingly highlight the dimensions of environmental change in foreign and...
| Uniform Title: | Umwelt und Sicherheit. |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
1999.
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| Series: | International and European environmental policy series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Does a connection exist between environmental degradation, resource scarcity and violent conflicts? Global environmental changes, such as climate change and sea level rise, shortage of fresh water and rapid soil degradation increasingly highlight the dimensions of environmental change in foreign and security policy. To reverse these negative environmental consequences over the long term, comprehensive and preventive policy approaches are urgently required. This state-of-the-art book contains numerous articles by renown German-speaking experts from different scientific disciplines as well as international and European political advisors and diplomats. Together they discuss the complex causes of environmentally induced conflicts and the political and societal mechanisms for conflict prevention. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxvi, 322 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783642602290 (electronic bk.) 3642602290 (electronic bk.) |