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Environment and Security

Discourses and Practices

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Miriam R. Lowi

    1. The College of New Jersey, Ewing, USA

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  2. Brian R. Shaw

    1. Center for Environmental Security, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    1. Introduction and Overview

      • Miriam R. Lowi, Brian R. Shaw
      Pages 1-8

  3. Discourses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Changing Definition of National Security

      • Mary Margaret Evans, John W. Mentz, Robert W. Chandler, Stephanie L. Eubanks
      Pages 11-32

    3. Integrating Environmental Factors into Conventional Security

      • Richard A. Matthew
      Pages 33-48

    4. Security, Governance, and the Environment

      • Steve Rayner, Elizabeth L. Malone
      Pages 49-65

    5. Human Security, Environmental Security and Sustainable Development

      • Steve Lonergan
      Pages 66-83

    6. Geopolitics and Ecology: Rethinking the Contexts of Environmental Security

      • Simon Dalby
      Pages 84-100

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 207-225
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About this book

This book is based on a conference addressing the relationship between the environment and security in the post-Cold War world. It brings together scholars and practitioners from a variety of different disciplines and perspectives in an effort to both explore the complexities of the relationship between environmental variables and security conditions, and re-focus the debate within the environmental community. The book combines analytical frameworks and case study material with proposals for addressing environmental challenges and enhancing the security and welfare of peoples, states and regions.

Reviews

'Conflicts over shared natural resources, particularly water resources, can lead to armed conflict. Pursuing military security at the cost of social, economic and environmental well-being is akin to dismantling a house to salvage materials in order to erect a fence around. It is therefore very timely to have a book on Environment and Security. I am sure it will be of great benefit to all those interested in the subject of security.' - Mostafa Kamal Tolba, Former Executive Director UNEP (UN Environmental Program)

'This well-conceived volume combines a sophisticated understanding of international security with expertise on a wide range of environmental issues. The result is a series of studies that illuminate the nexus of environment and security without ever making exaggerated claims suggesting simple causality. These qualities make the book of as much interest to policy-makers as to the academic community.' - Richard Ullman, David K.E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs, Princeton University

'This useful collection, better integrated than most, deals effectively with an important and controversial array of problems. Its central message speaks wisely about the difficulties inherent in defining and then evaluating environmental security.' - Donald Kennedy, Bing Professor of Environmental Science, Stanford University

Editors and Affiliations

  • The College of New Jersey, Ewing, USA

    Miriam R. Lowi

  • Center for Environmental Security, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

    Brian R. Shaw

About the editors

ROBERT E. BEDESKI Professor of Political Science, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ROBERT W. CHANDLER Senior Councillor, Atlantic Council of the United States SIMON DALBY Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa STEPHANIE L. EUBANKS Arms Control Policy Analyst, Office of Arms Control Implementation and Compliance, Government of the United States MARY MARGARET EVANS Deputy Director, Arms Control, Implementation and Compliance Office, Government of the United States JESSE H. HAMNER Doctoral Student, Department of Political Science, Emory University STEVE LONERGAN Professor, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, British Columbia ELIZABETH L. MALONE Manager, Global Climate Change Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Government of the United States RICHARD A. MATTHEW Assistant Professor, International and Environmental Politics, University of California J.W.MENTZ Treaty Manager, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Government of United States STEVE RAYNER Chief Scientist, Global Climate Research Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington, DC GALINA SERGEN Graduate Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington, DC MICHAEL THOMPSON Social Anthropologist, Director, Musgrave Institute, London AARON T. WOLF Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University

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