Global Environmental Change and Human Security

Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
I Introduction......Page 14
1 Global Environmental Change and Human Security......Page 16
II Global Environmental Change and Human Insecurity......Page 46
2 Human Security, Vulnerability, and Global Environmental Change......Page 48
3 Global Health and Human Security......Page 66
4 The Vulnerability of Urban Slum Dwellers to Global Environmental Change......Page 90
5 Environmental Change, Disasters, and Vulnerability......Page 110
III Global Environmental Change, Conflict, and Cooperation......Page 130
6 Environmental Change, Human Security, and Violent Conflict......Page 132
7 Environmental Change and Human Security in Nepal......Page 150
IV Human Security and Sustainable Development......Page 168
8 Global Environmental Change, Equity, and Human Security......Page 170
9 Approaches to Enhancing Human Security......Page 190
10 Rethinking the Role of Population in Human Security......Page 206
11 Women, Global Environmental Change, and Human Security......Page 228
12 Human Security as a Prerequisite for Development......Page 250
13 Free to Squander?......Page 274
14 Environmental Transborder Cooperation in Latin America......Page 304
V Conclusion......Page 318
15 Charting the Next Generation of Global Environmental Change and Human Security Research......Page 320
Contributors......Page 330
Index......Page 336