Human Security and the Environment

International Comparisons

由爱德华·a .编辑页面,Department of Politics and International Studies, Warwick University, UK and Michael R. Redclift, Emeritus Professor of International Environmental Policy, King’s College, University of London, UK

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 as climate change and the availability of adequate supplies of food and water. They illustrate how unfettered economic growth, rising levels of personal consumption and unsustainable natural resource and energy procurement are taking a heavy toll on the global environment.