Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict Challenges for Societal Stability /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scheffran, Jürgen (Editor), Brzoska, Michael (Editor), Brauch, Hans Günter (Editor), Link, Peter Michael (Editor), Schilling, Janpeter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, 8
• Subjects: Geography.; Climate change.; Environment.; Economics.; Management science.; Geography, general.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Economics, general.; Environment, general.

Severe droughts, damaging floods and mass migration: Climate change is becoming a focal point for security and conflict research and a challenge for the world’s governance structures. But how severe are the security risks and conflict potentials of climate change? Could global warming trigger a sequ...