Environmental Change and Human Security in Africa and the Middle East. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mohamed Behnassi, Katriona McGlade.
• Editors: Behnassi, Mohamed; McGlade, Katriona
• Contents: Part I. Global Environmental Change as a Human Security Issue -- Chapter 1. Climate Security as a Framework for Climate Policy and Governance (Mohamed Behnassi) -- Chapter 2. Environmental Change and the Crisis of Dominant Development Models: A Human Security-Centered Analysis (Reda El Fellah) -- Chapter 3. Is Human Security a Relevant Concept in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation Policies? (Katriona McGlade) -- Part II. Impacts of Environmental Change and Implications for Human Security – Case Study Examples -- Chapter 4. Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability and Human Security in the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean (Morocco-Spain) (Diana Pascual) -- Chapter 5. Impact Assessment of Environmental Change in Nuba Mountains of Sudan (Taisser H.H. Deafalla) -- Chapter 6. Global Environmental Change as a Human Security Threat: Situation in Nigeria (Suleiman Iguda Ladan) -- Chapter 7. Eco-Adaptation Strategies of Health to Climate Change: Case of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) as Vulnerability Indicator in Pre-Saharan Region of Morocco (Kholoud Kahime) -- Chapter 8. Anticipating Emerging Risks and Vulnerabilities from Sea Level Rise Induced Preventive Resettlement in Greater Alexandria, Egypt (Niklas Baumert) -- Chapter 9. Targeting Consumer Groups and What They Consume for the Mitigation of Climate Change in India (Madhumati Dutta) -- Chapter 10. A New Era for Energy and the Environment: The Nightmare Scenario of Shale Gas for the Arab Gulf Countries (Nabil Sultan) -- Part III. Regional Focus on Water Security -- Chapter 11. Water Resources, Food Security and the Role of Virtual Water Trade in the MENA Region (Marta Antonelli) -- Chapter 12. Managing Water Crisis in the North African Region – With Particular Reference to Jijel Region (Abdelhafid Aimar) -- Chapter 13. Turkey’s Water Policy in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin (Özden Zeynep Oktav) -- Part IV. Some Critical Perspectives and Approaches for Addressing the Impacts of Environmental Change on Human Security -- Chapter 14. Human Relationship to the Land from a Legal Perspective as a Human and Environmental Security Challenge (Olivier Barriere) -- Chapter 15. Environmental Change and Gender: Rethinking Traditional Approaches to Food Security in Rural Beitbridge, Zimbabwe (Mark Matsa).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing Imprint: Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (XXXII, 340 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 577.27; Global environmental change -- Social aspects; Human beings -- Effect of environment on; Security, International -- Environmental aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319456482; 9783319456485
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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