Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security

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Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security is written by Hans Günter Brauch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 364217776X (ISBN 10) and 9783642177767 (ISBN 13).

Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security - Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks reviews conceptual debates and case studies focusing on disasters and security threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks in Europe, the Mediterranean and other regions. It discusses social science concepts of vulnerability and risks, global, regional and national security challenges, global warming, floods, desertification and drought as environmental security challenges, water and food security challenges and vulnerabilities, vulnerability mapping of environmental security challenges and risks, contributions of remote sensing to the recognition of security risks, mainstreaming early warning of conflicts and hazards and provides conceptual and policy conclusions.