Threats Without Enemies - Facing Environmental Insecurity

Informationen zum Autor Gwyn Prins Klappentext The world is moving into a new era which will be dominated by a new range of threats and a new range of priorities. In this book! eminent experts describe the new threats and the scale of the dangers which they present and set out the political! military and institutional changes needed. Zusammenfassung The world is moving into a new era which will be dominated by a new range of threats and a new range of priorities. In this book, eminent experts describe the new threats and the scale of the dangers which they present and set out the political, military and institutional changes needed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Putting Environmental Insecurity in ContextGwyn PrinsPART IGrasping the Concept of Environmental Insecurity1. 'First Unshackle the Spirit': The Brundtland Speech! April 1992HRH The Prince of Wales 2. The Inevitability of Environmental InsecuritySir Crispin Tickell 3. Nations and Nature: A New View of SecurityJessica Tuchman Mathews PART IIUnderstanding Two Keys to Environmental Security4. Anxieties and Opportunities in Climate ChangeJeremy Leggett5. The Value of BiodiversityMartyn MurrayPART IIIAccepting the Challenge of Environmental Security6. Institutions for Environmental SecurityJosef Vavrousek 7. Defence and Environmental SecurityAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald 8. Ecological Tuning of the EconomyHans Peter Diirr 9. The Ambivalence of PropertyKevin Gray 10. Politics and the EnvironmentGwyn Prins Further Reading Index

Product details

• Authors: Gwyn Prins, Prins Gwyn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9781844079483
• ISBN: 978-1-84407-948-3
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Sustainable Development Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Pollution & threats to the environment, Social impact of environmental issues, Development Studies, Pollution and threats to the environment