Human Security and the Environment: International Comparisons

by Clement A. Tisdell

In the post-Cold War era, the pre-eminent threats to our security derive from human degradation of vital ecosystems as well as the possibility of war and terrorist attack. This substantial book examines this new 'security-environment' paradigm and the way in which the activities of societies are shifting the balance with nature. The distinguished authors investigate this redefinition of security with particular reference to environmental threats such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840644583
• ISBN13: 9781840644586
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages