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3.11 disaster and change in Japan
Samuels, Richard J.
Paper Book
On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern coastline. The most powerful earthquake to have hit Japan in recorded history, it produced a devastating tsunami with waves reaching heights of over 130 feet...
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Biodiversity and climate change : transforming the biosphere
Lovejoy, Thomas E.
Paper Book
An essential, up-to-date look at the critical interactions between biological diversity and climate change that will serve as an immediate call to action The physical and biological impacts of climate change are dramatic and broad‑ranging. People who care...
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China and great power responsibility for climate change
Kopra, Sanna
Ebook
As American leadership over climate change declines, China has begun to identify itself as a great power by formulating ambitious climate policies. Based on the premise that great powers have unique responsibilities, this book explores how China¿s rise to great power status transforms...
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Climate change in California risk and response
Kahrl, Fredrich.
Paper Book
California is synonymous with opportunity, prosperity, and natural beauty, but climate change will certainly influence the state's future. Changes will affect the economy, natural resources, public health, agriculture, and the livelihoods of its residents. But how big is the risk? How will...
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Climatic cataclysm the foreign policy and national security implications of climate change
Campbell, Kurt M.
Paper Book
Global climate change poses not only environmental hazards but profound risks to planetary peace and stability as well. Climatic Cataclysm gathers experts on climate science, oceanography, history, political science, foreign policy, and national security to take the measure of these risks....
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Communicating climate change : a guide for educators
Armstrong, Anne K.
Ebook
Environmental educators face a formidable challenge when they approach climate change due to the complexity of the science and of the political and cultural contexts in which people live. There is a clear consensus among climate scientists that climate change is already occurring as a result of...
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A critical approach to international water management trends : policy and practice
Bréthaut, Christian
Paper Book
This edited volume provides a critical discussion of particular trends that are widely recognised to influence water management by comparing them with what is actually happening in the field. Among others, these trends include water security, adaptive or integrative management, and the water...
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Critical infrastructure protection in homeland security : defending a networked nation
Lewis, T. G.
Ebook
"...excellent for use as a text in information assurance orcyber-security courses...I strongly advocate thatprofessors...examine this book with the intention of using it intheir programs." (Computing Reviews.com, March 22, 2007) "The book is written as a student textbook, but it...
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Environment, development and change in rural Asia-Pacific between local and global
Connell, John
Ebook
This volume examines the economic, political, social and environmental challenges facing rural communities in the Asia-Pacific region, as global issues intersect with local contexts. Such challenges, from climatic change and volcanic eruption to population growth and violent civil unrest, have...
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Environmental policy and air pollution in China : governance and strategy
Xu, Yuan
Ebook
This book systematically analyzes how and why China has expectedly lost and then surprisingly gained ground in the quest to solve the complicated environmental problem of air pollution over the past two decades. Yuan Xu shines a light on how China's sulfur dioxide emissions rose quickly in...
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Environmental policy and politics
Kraft, Michael E.
Paper Book
Drawing from work within environmental science, policy analysis, and political science, this text critically assesses the key strengths and weaknesses of policymaking processes today, as well as the promise of new policy approaches. Arguing that strong public support is necessary...
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Food remittances : migration and food security in Africa
Crush, Jonathan
Ebook
There is considerable evidence from across the African continent that a significant proportion of cash remittances to rural areas is spent on food. However, bidirectional food remitting � its drivers, dimensions and impacts � is an underdeveloped research and policy area. This report...
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Food Safety and food security
Voeller, John G.
Ebook
Food Safety and Food Security features articles from the Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security covering topics related to processing and packaging methods to protect food supply against contamination and to mitigate the consequences of contaminated...
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Food Security in Africa's Secondary cities no. 1. Mzuzu, Malawi
Riley, Liam
Ebook
This report marks the first stage of AFSUN�s goal of expanding knowledge about urban food systems and experiences of household food insecurity in secondary African cities. It contributes to an understanding of poverty and sustainability in Mzuzu, Malawi, through the lens of household food...
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Frontiers of fear immigration and insecurity in the United States and Europe
Chebel d'Appollonia, Ariane.
Paper Book
On both sides of the Atlantic, restrictive immigration policies have been framed as security imperatives since the 1990s. This trend accelerated in the aftermath of 9/11 and subsequent terrorist attacks in Europe. In Frontiers of Fear, Ariane Chebel d?Appollonia raises two central questions with...
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The global hunger crisis : tackling food insecurity in developing countries
Bne Saad, Majda.
Paper Book
Millions across the world face the daily challenge to find enough food to survive. Hunger is on the rise globally, with more than 1.2 billion people suffering from food insecurity. Rising prices are further restricting food access. In this deeply informative study, Majda Bne Saad...
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Inequality and climate change : perspectives from the South
Delgado, Gian Carlo
Ebook
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of the twenty-first century. Anthropogenic activities, such as fossil fuel consumption and other activities focused on enhancing economic growth, have been identified as the main drivers of changes in the environment that defy planetary...
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An introduction to non-traditional security studies : a transnational approach
Anthony, Mely Caballero
Paper Book
With the end of the Cold War, threats to national security have become increasingly non-military in nature. Issues such as climate change, resource scarcity, infectious diseases, natural disasters, irregular migration, drug trafficking, information security and transnational crime have come to...
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The price of thirst : global water inequality and the coming chaos
Piper, Karen Lynnea
Ebook
"There's Money in Thirst," reads a headline in the New York Times. The CEO of Nestlé, purveyor of bottled water, heartily agrees. It is important to give water a market value, he says in a promotional video, so "we're all aware that it has a price." But for those who have no access to...
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Sustaining Russia's Arctic cities resource politics, migration, and climate change
Orttung, Robert W.
Ebook
Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city managers will face in navigating this shifting political, economic, social, and environmental terrain. In particular, the volume examines how energy...
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Water resource conflicts and international security : a global perspective
Vajpeyi, Dhirendra K.
Ebook
Water Resource Conflicts and International Security: A Global Perspective is an edited collection by Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi which analyzes the increasing global demand for water in economic and social development, and the dire need to efficiently manage this vital natural resource, particularly in...
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Water Security in the Middle East Essays in Scientific and Social Cooperation
Cahan, Jean Axelrad
Ebook
Water Security in the Middle East argues that, while conflicts over transboundary water systems in the Middle East do occur, they tend not to be violent nor are they the primary cause of a war in this region. The contributors in this collection of essays place water disputes in...
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Water, peace, and war : confronting the global water crisis
Chellaney, Brahma.
Ebook
This pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and security as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis. Although water is essential to sustaining life and livelihoods, geostrategist Brahma Chellaney argues that it...
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