Global warming and climate change: prospects and policies in Asia and Europe

This compendium looks at Asian and European policies for dealing with climatechange, and possible impacts on conflicts and security. It clarifies the impacts of climate change on natural resources, on the frequency and expansion of natural disasters and the repercussions for environmentally-induced migration. INDICE: Introduction; A.Marquina - IPCC Assessment Reports : Challenges Presented ; A.Yábar - PART I: WATER AND FOOD - Water Availability and Policies in Asia; M.Mustafa - Prospects for Water Availability in Europe and Spain; T.Estrela& E.Vargas - Climate Change: Implications on Agriculture and Food Security in the Short-Medium Term; T.Lindemann - PART II: NATURAL DISASTERS - A European Mechanism to Address Natural Disasters; K.Ifantis - Japan and Natural Disasters; H.Hayashi - China and Natural Disasters: Prospects and Policies; L.Tianhong - India and Natural Disasters; P.R.Chari - Vietnam and Policies to ManageNatural Disasters; L.T.Duong - Cooperation for Natural Disasters and Special Units: The Emergency Military Unit (UME); J.M.G.Requena - PART III: ENVIRONMENTALLY-INDUCED MIGRATION - From a Socio-Economic Approach to Migration to the Inclusion of Environmentally-Induced Migration in the Mediterranean; A.Marquina- Global Warming, Climate Change and Human Security: Prospects for Forced Migration in East Asia; C.Hernández - PART IV: MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION POLICIES- EU and Germany's Policies on Climate Change; F.Umbach - The Nuclear Energy Debate and Emissions Reduction: The Italian Case; M.De Leonardis - EU Policiesfor Renewable Energies; J.de Quinto& J.López - Adaptation to Climate Change in the EU: The Spanish Case; A.G.Teira - China's Emissions Reduction Policy: Problems and Prospects; M.Meidan - Energy Efficiency in China; S.Dan - Japan Policy for Energy and Emissions Reduction and Foreign Aid; S.Sudo - Coping with Climate Change: A Korean Perspective; J.Lee - India's Energy and Climate Concerns: The Inter-Linkages, Constraints and Policy Choices; D.Sharma - Climate Change and Human Security in Southeast Asia: Issues and Challenges; M.Caballero-Anthony - Climate Change Awareness and Responses: Some Initiatives and Responses from Malaysia; M.bin Mokhtar - Thailand Environmental Policies: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change and Implications for Human Security; K.Kraisoraphong - Climate Change and Human Security in the Philippines: Government Policies, Assessments and Public Opinion; P.Bennagen - PART V: CONCLUSIONS - The Politics of East Asia's Environmental Crisis: The Coming Environmental Authoritarianism; M.Beeson - Environmental Challenges, Conflict Prevention and Human Security; A.Marquina -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23771-1
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 528
• Fecha Publicación: 24/02/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés