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Informationen zum Autor Linda Sygna is a Project Leader at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway. Karen O'Brien is a Professor of Human Geography at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway. Johanna Wolf is an Associate Faculty Member at Royal Roads University, Canada, and Visiting Fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UK. Klappentext This agenda-setting book provides readers with a clear understanding of why responses to issues such as climate change, land use change, and biodiversity loss matter to present generations, and which types of responses are likely to create an equitable and sustainable life for future generations. Fresh perspectives on global environmental change from an interdisciplinary group of international experts will inspire readers - whether students, policy makers, or practitioners - to think differently about environmental issues and sustainable development. Zusammenfassung Environmental change presents a new context and new opportunities for transformational change. This timely book will inspire new ways of understanding the relationship between environmental change and human security. A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research! Policy and Action both supports and informs a call for new! transformative approaches to research! policy and action. The chapters in this book include critical analyses! case studies and reflections on contemporary environmental and social challenges! with a strong emphasis on those related to climate change. Human thoughts and actions have contributed to an environment of insecurity! manifested as multiple interacting threats that now represent a serious challenge to humanity. Yet humans also have the capacity to collectively transform the economic! political! social and cultural systems and structures that perpetuate human insecurities. These fresh perspectives on global environmental change from an interdisciplinary group of international experts will inspire readers -whether students! researchers! policy makers! or practitioners -to think differently about environmental issues and sustainability. The contributions show that in a changing environment! human security is not only a possibility! but a choice. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A Changine Environment for Human Security Karen O'Brien Johanna Wolf and Linda Sygna Part 1: Reality Check 2. Human Security in the Anthropocene: The Implications of Earth System Analysis Simon Dalby 3. Climate Change and Security Jon Barnett 4. Lines in the shifting sand: The strategic politics of climate change, human security and nation defence Betsy Hartmann 5. Sustainable cities: Urbanization and human security H alvard Buhaug, Henrik Urdal and Gudrun Østby 6. Urban risk and vulnerability: insights and lessons from Latin American cities Patricia Romero Lankao, Mercy Cordova Borbor, Eduardo Behrenz and Laura Dawidowski 7. Uncertainty and insecurity: Lessons on preparing for contingencies in Japan Oscar A. Gomez S. 8. Human security at risk: development impacts of global environmental change in drylands Paul L. Lucas, Marcel T.J. Kok, Henk B.M. Hilderink and Matthias K.B. Lüdeke Part 2: Breakthrough Conditions 9. Social ecological resilience and human security Katrina Brown 10. Double exposure - New opportunities for human security Robin M. Leichenko, Karen L. O’Brien and William D. Solecki 11. National level policies versus local level realities - can the two be reconciled to promote sustainable adaptation? Katharine Vincent, Lars Otto Naess and Marisa Goulden 12. Fisheries, resource management and climate change: Local perspectives of...
