Environmental Change and Human Security in Africa and the Middle East

Environmental Change and Human Security in Africa and the Middle East edited by Mohamed Behnassi, Katriona McGlade.

This volume brings together insights on the interactions between environmental change and human security in the Middle East and Africa. These regions face particular challenges in relation to environmental degradation, the decline of natural resources and consequent risks to current and future human...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Behnassi, Mohamed (Editor), McGlade, Katriona (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Climate change.
Environmental management.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Global Environmental Change as a Human Security Issue
  • Chapter 1. Climate Security as a Framework for Climate Policy and Governance (Mohamed Behnassi)
  • Chapter 2. Environmental Change and the Crisis of Dominant Development Models: A Human Security-Centered Analysis (Reda El Fellah)
  • Chapter 3. Is Human Security a Relevant Concept in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation Policies? (Katriona McGlade)
  • Part II. Impacts of Environmental Change and Implications for Human Security – Case Study Examples
  • Chapter 4. Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability and Human Security in the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean (Morocco-Spain) (Diana Pascual)
  • Chapter 5. Impact Assessment of Environmental Change in Nuba Mountains of Sudan (Taisser H.H. Deafalla)
  • Chapter 6. Global Environmental Change as a Human Security Threat: Situation in Nigeria (Suleiman Iguda Ladan)
  • Chapter 7. Eco-Adaptation Strategies of Health to Climate Change: Case of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) as Vulnerability Indicator in Pre-Saharan Region of Morocco (Kholoud Kahime)
  • Chapter 8. Anticipating Emerging Risks and Vulnerabilities from Sea Level Rise Induced Preventive Resettlement in Greater Alexandria, Egypt (Niklas Baumert)
  • Chapter 9. Targeting Consumer Groups and What They Consume for the Mitigation of Climate Change in India (Madhumati Dutta)
  • Chapter 10. A New Era for Energy and the Environment: The Nightmare Scenario of Shale Gas for the Arab Gulf Countries (Nabil Sultan)
  • Part III. Regional Focus on Water Security
  • Chapter 11. Water Resources, Food Security and the Role of Virtual Water Trade in the MENA Region (Marta Antonelli)
  • Chapter 12. Managing Water Crisis in the North African Region – With Particular Reference to Jijel Region (Abdelhafid Aimar)
  • Chapter 13. Turkey’s Water Policy in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin (Özden Zeynep Oktav)
  • Part IV. Some Critical Perspectives and Approaches for Addressing the Impacts of Environmental Change on Human Security
  • Chapter 14. Human Relationship to the Land from a Legal Perspective as a Human and Environmental Security Challenge (Olivier Barriere)
  • Chapter 15. Environmental Change and Gender: Rethinking Traditional Approaches to Food Security in Rural Beitbridge, Zimbabwe (Mark Matsa).

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