Joshua W. Busby

States and Nature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9781108832465
• ISBN-10: 1108832466
• Artikelnr.: 62435218

Autorenporträt

Joshua Busby is author of numerous studies on climate change, national security, and energy policy that have been published by peer-reviewed academic outlets and various think tanks. He was a leading researcher on two multi-million dollar grants on climate and security from the US Department of Defense under its Minerva Initiative and has consulted on the topic for international organizations and think tanks.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Conceptualizing climate and security
3. The argument, method and mechanisms: state capacity, institutional inclusion and international assistance
4. Droughts and famine in Somalia and Ethiopia
5. Drought in the Middle East: contrasting fortunes in Syria and Lebanon
6. Cyclones in South Asia: the experiences of Myanmar, Bangladesh and India
7. Beyond internal conflict: the practice of climate security
8. The next decade of climate security research
9. Conclusion
Bibliography.