Security and Environmental Change

by Simon Dalby

Book Overview

In the early years of the new millennium, hurricanes lashed the Caribbean and flooded New Orleans as heat waves and floods seemed to alternate in Europe. Snows were disappearing on Mount Kilimanjaro while the ice caps on both poles retreated. The resulting disruption caused to many societies and the potential for destabilizing international migration has meant that the environment has become a political priority.The scale of environmental change...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745642926
• ISBN13: 9780745642925
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"