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Springer Security And Environment In The Mediterranean Conceptualising Security And Environmental Conflicts 2003 Edition by Hans Gunter Brauch P. H. Liotta Antonio Marquina
In this volume security specialists peace researchers environmental scholars demographers as well as climate desertification water food and urbanisation specialists from the Middle East and North Africa Europe and North America review security and conflict prevention in the Mediterranean. They also analyse NATO's Mediterranean security dialogue and offer conceptualisations on security and perceptions of security challenges as seen in North and South. The latter half of the book analyses environmental security and conflicts in the Mediterranean and environmental consequences of World War II the Gulf War the Balkan wars and the Middle East conflict. It also examines factors of global environmental change: population growth climate change desertification water scarcity food and urbanisation issues as well as natural disasters. Furthermore it draws conceptual conclusions for a fourth phase of research on human and environmental security and peace as well as policy conclusions for cooperation and partnership in the Mediterranean in the 21st century. Table of contents : National and International Conflicts and Efforts at Conflict Prevention with Relevance for the Mediterranean.- Conceptualising Security in the Post Cold War Period.- Security Challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean Region.- Conceptualising Environmental Security for the Mediterranean Region.- Environmental Consequences of Wars in the Mediterranean.- Population Growth as a Cause of Conflicts.- Climate Change as a Cause of Conflicts.- Desertification as a Cause of Conflicts.- Water Scarcity as a Cause of Conflicts Food Shortages Urbanisation and Pollution as Causes of Conflicts.- Conceptual and Empirical Results and Conclusions.