Human security and the environment : international comparisons / edited by Edward A. Page, Michael Redclift.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : human security and the environment at the new millennium / Edward Page and Michael Redclift -- Pt. I : Concepts -- Ch. 1 Human security and the environment / Edward Page -- Ch. 2 Democracy and the environment / Nils Petter Gleditsch and Bjr̜n Otto Sverdrup -- Ch. 3 The environment and civil society : the rights to nature, and the rights of nature / Michael Redclift -- Ch. 4 Global environmental change and human security : what do indicators indicate? / Steve Lonergan, Fred Langeweg and Henk Hilderink -- Pt. II : Challenges -- Ch. 5 Climate change as a security issue / Johannes Stripple -- Ch. 6 Food security / Colin Sage -- Ch. 7 Water and 'cultural security' / Chris Cocklin -- Pt. III : International cases -- Ch. 8 The European Union and the 'securitisation' of the environment / John Volger -- Ch. 9 Human security and the environment : the North American perspective / Richard Matthew -- Ch. 10 Human security and the environment in in Sub-Saharan Africa : the challenge of the new millennium / Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah -- Ch. 11 The semantics of 'human security' in North-west Amazonia : between indigenous peoples' 'management of the world' and the USA's state security policy for Latin America / Oscar Forero and Graham Woodgate -- Ch. 12 Fresh water in Costa Rica : abundant yet constrained / ℓlvaro Fernǹdex-Gonzl̀ez, Viviana Blanco-Barboza and Edgar E. Guitřrez-Espletea.

"This book highlights the way in which both security and sustainability are being reworked as concepts and are being linked increasingly to social, economic and cultural factors. It will be of great interest to academics, researchers and students in environmental managements, sociology, geography, international relations and politics."--BOOK JACKET.

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