Climate and Social Stress : Implications for Security Analysis.
by
Stresses, Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political.
Title
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Climate and Social Stress : Implications for Security Analysis.
Author
:
Stresses, Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political.
ISBN
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9780309278577
Personal Author
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Stresses, Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (253 pages)
Contents
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FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Climate Change as a National Security Concern -- 2 Climate Change, Vulnerability, and National Security: A Conceptual Framework -- 3 Potentially Disruptive Climate Events -- 4 How Climate Events Can Lead to Social and Political Stresses -- 5 Climate Events and National Security Outcomes -- 6 Methods for Assessing National Security Threats -- References -- Appendix A: Committee Member and Staff Biographies -- Appendix B: Briefings Received by the Committee -- Appendix C: Method for Developing Figure 3-1 -- Appendix D: Statistical Methods for Assessing Probabilities of Extreme Events -- Appendix E: Foundations for Monitoring Climate-Security Connections.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- United States.
Climatic changes -- Risk assessment -- United States.
Climatic changes -- Risk management -- United States.
Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- United States.
National security -- United States.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
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Society, Board on Environmental Change and.
Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and.
Council, National Research.
Stern, Paul C.
Husbands, Jo L.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1320894-1001 | QC902.8 -- .C553 2013 EB | Ebrary E-Books |