Global environmental change and human security / edited by Richard A. Matthew ... [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Geoffrey D. Dabelko -- I. Introduction -- 1. Global Environmental Change and Human Security: An Introduction / Jon Barnett, Richard A. Matthew and Karen L. O'Brien -- II. Global Environmental Change and Human Insecurity -- 2. Human Security, Vulnerability, and Global Environmental Change / Mike Brklacich, May Chazan and Hans-Georg Bohle -- 3. Global Health and Human Security: Addressing Impacts from Globalization and Environmental Change / Bryan McDonald -- 4. The Vulnerability of Urban Slum Dwellers to Global Environmental Change / Laura Little and Chris Cocklin -- 5. Environmental Change, Disasters, and Vulnerability: The Case of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans / Victoria Basolo -- III. Global Environmental Change, Conflict, and Cooperation -- 6. Environmental Change, Human Security, and Violent Conflict / Jon Barnett and W. Neil Adger -- 7. Environmental Change and Human Security in Nepal / Richard A. Matthew and Bishnu Raj Upreti -- IV. Human Security and Sustainable Development -- 8. Global Environmental Change, Equity, and Human Security / Karen L. O'Brien and Robin M. Leichenko -- 9. Approaches to Enhancing Human Security / Marvin S. Soroos -- 10. Rethinking the Role of Population in Human Security / Betsy Hartmann -- 11. Women, Global Environmental Change, and Human Security / Heather Goldsworthy -- 12. Human Security as a Prerequisite for Development / Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah -- 13. Free to Squander? Democracy and Sustainable Development, 1975-2000 / Indra de Soysa, Jennifer Bailey and Eric Neumayer -- 14. Environmental Transborder Cooperation in Latin America: Challenges to the Westphalia Order / Alexander Lopez -- V. Conclusion -- 15. Charting the Next Generation of Global Environmental Change and Human Security Research / Jon Barnett, Richard A. Matthew and Karen L. O'Brien.