Global warming and climate change: prospects and policies in Asia and Europe

"This book looks at the principal consequences of climate change and its possible impact on conflict and security. It clarifies the impact of climate change on natural resources, on the frequency and expansion of natural disasters, and, as a consequence, the repercussions that can be foreseen o...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2010
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Energy, climate, and the environment
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Zusammenfassung:"This book looks at the principal consequences of climate change and its possible impact on conflict and security. It clarifies the impact of climate change on natural resources, on the frequency and expansion of natural disasters, and, as a consequence, the repercussions that can be foreseen on environmentally-induced migration"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: Introduction--A.MarquinaPART I: WATER AND FOODWater Availability and Policies in Asia--M.MustafaProspects for Water Availability in Europe and Spain--T.Estrela &amp--E.VargasClimate Change: Implications on Agriculture and Food Security in the Short-Medium Term--T.LindemannPART II: NATURAL DISASTERSA European Mechanism to Address Natural Disasters--K.IfantisJapan and Natural Disasters--H.HayashiChina and Natural Disasters: Prospects and Policies--L.TianhongIndia and Natural Disasters--P.R.ChariVietnam and Policies to Manage Natural Disasters--L.T.DuongCooperation for Natural Disasters and Special Units: The Emergency Military Unit (UME)--J.M.G.RequenaPART III: ENVIRONMENTALLY-INDUCED MIGRATIONFrom a Socio-Economic Approach to Migration to the Inclusion of Environmentally-Induced Migration in the Mediterranean--A.MarquinaGlobal Warming, Climate Change and Human Security: Prospects for Forced Migration in East Asia--C.HernndezPART IV: MITIGATION AND ADA
PTATION POLICIESEU and Germanys Policies on Climate Change--F.UmbachThe Nuclear Energy Debate and Emissions Reduction: The Italian Case--M.De LeonardisEU Policies for Renewable Energies--J.de Quinto &amp--J.LpezAdaptation to Climate Change in the EU: The Spanish Case--A.G.TeiraChinas Emissions Reduction Policy: Problems and Prospects--M.MeidanEnergy Efficiency in China--S.DanJapan Policy for Energy and Emissions Reduction and Foreign Aid--S.SudoCoping with Climate Change: A Korean Perspective--J.LeeIndias Energy and Climate Concerns: The Inter-Linkages, Constraints and Policy Choices--D.SharmaClimate Change and Human Security in Southeast Asia: Issues and Challenges--M.Caballero-AnthonyClimate Change Awareness and Responses: Some Initiatives and Responses from Malaysia--M.bin MokhtarThailand Environmental Policies: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change and Implications for Human Security--K.KraisoraphongClimate Change and Human Security in the Philippines: Government Policies, As
sessments and Public Opinion--P.BennagenPART V: CONCLUSIONSThe Politics of East Asias Environmental Crisis: The Coming Environmental Authoritarianism--M.BeesonEnvironmental Challenges, Conflict Prevention and Human Security--A.Marquina Introduction--A.MarquinaPART I: WATER AND FOODWater Availability and Policies in Asia--M.MustafaProspects for Water Availability in Europe and Spain--T.Estrela &--E.VargasClimate Change: Implications on Agriculture and Food Security in the Short-Medium Term--T.LindemannPART II: NATURAL DISASTERSA European Mechanism to Address Natural Disasters--K.IfantisJapan and Natural Disasters--H.HayashiChina and Natural Disasters: Prospects and Policies--L.TianhongIndia and Natural Disasters--P.R.ChariVietnam and Policies to Manage Natural Disasters--L.T.DuongCooperation for Natural Disasters and Special Units: The Emergency Military Unit (UME)--J.M.G.RequenaPART III: ENVIRONMENTALLY-INDUCED MIGRATIONFrom a Socio-Economic Approach to Migration to the Inclusion of En
vironmentally-Induced Migration in the Mediterranean--A.MarquinaGlobal Warming, Climate Change and Human Security: Prospects for Forced Migration in East Asia--C.HernndezPART IV: MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION POLICIESEU and Germanys Policies on Climate Change--F.UmbachThe Nuclear Energy Debate and Emissions Reduction: The Italian Case--M.De LeonardisEU Policies for Renewable Energies--J.de Quinto &--J.LpezAdaptation to Climate Change in the EU: The Spanish Case--A.G.TeiraChinas Emissions Reduction Policy: Problems and Prospects--M.MeidanEnergy Efficiency in China--S.DanJapan Policy for Energy and Emissions Reduction and Foreign Aid--S.SudoCoping with Climate Change: A Korean Perspective--J.LeeIndias Energy and Climate Concerns: The Inter-Linkages, Constraints and Policy Choices--D.SharmaClimate Change and Human Security in Southeast Asia: Issues and Challenges--M.Caballero-AnthonyClimate Change Awareness and Responses: Some Initiatives and Responses from Malaysia--M.bin MokhtarThailand Env
ironmental Policies: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change and Implications for Human Security--K.KraisoraphongClimate Change and Human Security in the Philippines: Government Policies, Assessments and Public Opinion--P.BennagenPART V: CONCLUSIONSThe Politics of East Asias Environmental Crisis: The Coming Environmental Authoritarianism--M.BeesonEnvironmental Challenges, Conflict Prevention and Human Security--A.Marquina
Beschreibung:XVII, 510 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:9780230237711

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