Security and Environment in the Mediterranean

In this volume, security specialists, peace researchers, environmental scholars, demographers as well as climate, desertification, water, food and urbanisation specialists from the Middle East and North Africa, Europe and North America review security and conflict prevention in the Mediterranean. They also analyse NATO's Mediterranean security dialogue and offer conceptualisations on security and perceptions of security challenges as seen in North and South. The latter half of the book analyses environmental security and conflicts in the Mediterranean and environmental consequences of World War II, the Gulf War, the Balkan wars and the Middle East conflict. It also examines factors of global environmental change: population growth, climate change, desertification, water scarcity, food and urbanisation issues as well as natural disasters. Furthermore, it draws conceptual conclusions for a fourth phase of research on human and environmental security and peace as well as policy conclusions for cooperation and partnership in the Mediterranean in the 21st century.

ISBN 3540401075   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9783540401070 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 2520 Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG   Published in Berlin Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K   Series ISSN 1 Format Hardback   Series title Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace Publication date 06 Jun 2003   Height (mm) 270 Library of Congress UA646.55.S   Width (mm) 193 DEWEY 327.116091822   Spine width (mm) 44 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Tertiary education Pages 1162

		Foreword by Amre Moussa
		Dedication
		Editorial for Hexagon Series
		Acknowledgements
		Permissions and Credits
		Preface: Impact of the Year 2001 on Multilateral Approaches to Armed Violence by Jonathan Dean		3
		Preface: Jordanian Perception of Security Challenges in the Mediterranean by Kamel S. Abu Jaber		9
		Preface: Risks of Conflict: Population and Resource Pressures by Crispin Tickell		13
		Preface: The Fall of Paradigms and the Challenge of Cultures Dialogue by El Sayed Yassin		19
Pt. I		Introduction: Security and Environment Linkages, Conflicts in the Mediterranean (1945-2001) and Conflict Prevention		25
1		Introduction: Security and Environment in the Mediterranean by Hans Gunter Brauch and P. H. Liotta and Paul Rogers		27
2		Security and Environment Linkages on the Mediterranean Space: Three Phases of Research on Human and Environmental Security and Peace by Hans Gunter Brauch		35
3		Conflicts in and among Mediterranean Countries (1945-2001) by Frank R. Pfetsch		145
4		Prevention of Violent Conflicts: A New Task for Security Policy-Lessons Learned from Successes and Failures for the Mediterranean by Michael S. Lund		157
Pt. II		Security Dialogue and Concepts: NATO's Mediterranean Security Dialogue and Security Concept of the European Union		175
5		NATO's Agenda and the Mediterranean Dialogue by Nicola de Santis		177
6		A Southern Perspective and Assessment of NATO's Mediterranean Security Dialogue by Mohamed Kadry Said		181
7		A European Perspective and Assessment of NATO's Mediterranean Security Dialogue by Felix Sanz		195
8		The Future of the NATO-Mediterranean Dialogue by Ellen Laipson		199
9		The Security Concept of the European Union for the Mediterranean by Michael A. Kohler		203
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From the reviews: "In substance, this is a reference book on a subject of high quality; therefore, the editors, together with the contributors, should be praised for their production. ! One merit of the book is its success in blending views of scholars and practitioners. ! In our view, the book fulfills its scope, which is to sensitize the readers to the challenges and risks ahead. It thus contributes to a better understanding of the issues and possible resolutions of various problems associated with the Mediterranean." (Yannis N. Kinnas, Journal of Environment & Development, Vol. 13 (4), 2004) "Security and Environment in the Mediterranean boasts an impressive roster of Mediterranean specialists and scholars in security, social, and environmental studies addressing conflicts and cooperation, theoretical approaches and methodological challenges, and political and economic developments ! . I would recommend this book as an important addition to any library on environmental security. ! On the other hand, scholars and graduate students ! will find this a great collection of conceptual clarifications, important data, methodological considerations, hard-to-find references, historical trends, and succinct summaries ! ." (Evan Vlachos, ECSP Report, Issue 10, June, 2004) "'Security and Environment in the Mediterranean -- Conceptualising Security and Environmental Conflict' is the collaborative effort of many of the region's leading experts on desertification, climate change, water scarcity and rapid urbanization, and examines non-military threats to population growth and development. ! The research and findings have caught the attention of world leaders ! . This volume of work is certain to become a necessary reference guide to understanding the relationship between security and environment in the region." (Firas Al-Atraqchi, IslamOnline, November, 2004)

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