Global Environmental Change and Human Security.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- I Introduction -- 1 Global Environmental Change and Human Security -- II Global Environmental Change and Human Insecurity -- 2 Human Security, Vulnerability, and Global Environmental Change -- 3 Global Health and Human Security -- 4 The Vulnerability of Urban Slum Dwellers to Global Environmental Change -- 5 Environmental Change, Disasters, and Vulnerability -- III Global Environmental Change, Conflict, and Cooperation -- 6 Environmental Change, Human Security, and Violent Conflict -- 7 Environmental Change and Human Security in Nepal -- IV Human Security and Sustainable Development -- 8 Global Environmental Change, Equity, and Human Security -- 9 Approaches to Enhancing Human Security -- 10 Rethinking the Role of Population in Human Security -- 11 Women, Global Environmental Change, and Human Security -- 12 Human Security as a Prerequisite for Development -- 13 Free to Squander? -- 14 Environmental Transborder Cooperation in Latin America -- V Conclusion -- 15 Charting the Next Generation of Global Environmental Change and Human Security Research -- Contributors -- Index.

Experts discuss the risks global environmental change poses for the human security, including disaster and disease, violence, and increasing inequity.

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