Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue Proceedings of the NATO Mediterranean Dialogue Workshop, held in Valencia, Spain, 2-5 December 2003

Desertification in the Mediterranean Region: a Security Issue 1 2 William G. Kepner & José Luis Rubio 1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, P.O. Box 93478, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 89193-3478 ([e-mail]) 2. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificacion-CIDE, (CSIC, Universitat de Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana),Cami de la Marjal, s/n Apartado Oficial, 46470 Albal, Valencia, Spain ([e-mail]) Security issues related to desertification in the Mediterranean Region were the subject of a special NATO workshop held on 2-5 December 2003 at the Museum of Sciences Principe Felipe in Valencia, Spain. This workshop was organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA), Centre for Desertification Research (Valencia, Spain), and the Desert Research Institute (Reno, Nevada, USA) on behalf of the NATO Science Committee and the NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (Public Diplomacy Division). Additionally, the European Society for Soil Conservation participated as a collaborating institution. Other participating institutions included the Spanish Ministry of Environment, Generalitat Valencia (Department of Territory and Housing), the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and the City of Art & Sciences of Valencia which hosted the Meeting.

Summary

Focuses on two basic concepts: security and desertification in the Mediterranean Region and their linkages. This book provides a multi-lateral forum for cooperation, information exchange, and dialogue among the environmental, development, foreign and security policy communities within the Mediterranean Region.

Product details

• Assisted by: W. G. Kepner (Editor), Jose L. Rubio (Editor), David A. Mouat (Editor), William G. Kepner (Editor), Fausto Pedrazzini (Editor), W.G. Kepner (Editor), Jos L Rubio (Editor), David A Mouat et al (Editor), Jose L Rubio (Editor), W G Kepner (Editor), Jose L Rubio (Editor), David A Mouat (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 14.04.2009
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration
• EAN: 9781402037580
• ISBN: 978-1-4020-3758-0
• Pages: 614
• Illustrations: XV, 593 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 16 x 24 cm
• Weight (packing): 1,086 g
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, NATO Security through Science Series, NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security, Nato Security through Science Series C:, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security, NATO Security through Science Series, Nato Security through Science Series C:, NATO Security Through Science
• Subjects: C, Humangeographie, Political Science, Environment, The environment, Political science & theory, Earth and Environmental Science, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Environmental Management, Regional/Spatial Science, Regionalstudien / Internationale Studien, Regional and Spatial Economics, regional economics, Botany & plant sciences, Environmental Sciences, Landscape Ecology, Environment, general, Spatial economics, Human Geography