Handbook of Security and the Environment

Edited by Ashok Swain, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Joakim Öjendal, Professor of Peace and Development Research, Gothenburg University, Sweden and Anders Jägerskog, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, The World Bank, Washington DC, US

• Contents:Preface and acknowledgements xivPART I INTRODUCTION1 Introduction: security and the environment – the link 2Ashok Swain, Joakim Öjendal and Anders JägerskogPART II MACRO PROCESSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY2 Scarcity, abundance and migration: the future of environmental security 14James R. Lee3 Global climate change and security threats 26Simon Dalby4 Global water crises and challenges for water security 40Larry A. Swatuk5 Climate change and (in)security in transboundary river basins 62David Michel, Mats Eriksson and Martina Klimes6 Revisiting freshwater abundance within the peace and conflict discourse 76Adan E. SuazoPART III MICRO PROCESSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY7 Environment and security in West Africa: response of the internationalcommunity and the complexity on the ground 88Mats Hårsmar8 Mining, environmental changes and human security in South Africa 103Sethulego Matebesi9 Green impunity: measuring ecojustice, institutional capacities andpolicy design as an approach to environmental security 115Celeste Cedillo and Juan Antonio Le Clercq10 Climate change and security threats in Southeast Asia 132Elliot Brennan11 Cases and implications of environmental insecurity in Southeast Asia 149Mely Caballero-Anthony and Margareth Sembiring12 Environment and energy in Central Asia: challenges and prospects 162Vakur Sümer, Dauren Aben and Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay13 Water and environmental security in China 176Zhijian Wang and Samuel Smith14 Environment and security in India: a hyphenated discourse 192Jayati Srivastava15 Nepal: reflections on the environmental and human security debate 212Bishnu Raj Upreti16 Security and environment in the Middle East 228Nadim Farajalla, Elie Dib, Olivia Macharis and Emil KastonPART IV ACTORS AND PROCESSES ENGAGED WITHENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY17 Climate change and the environment at the UN Security Council:towards a comprehensive approach 241Martin Wall and Janani Vivekananda18 Understanding and framing scarcity, sustainability and security: whyand how to use the complexity lens 257Shafiqul Islam and Enamul Choudhury19 The environment of lasting peace: natural resources and climate changein peace negotiations 273Barbara Magalhaes Teixeira20 Bribery, corruption, geopolitics and investigation 290Mark Nuttall21 Renewable energy, security and environment 307Huiyi Chen22 Displaced populations, food security and frontier agriculture 320Dorte Verner and Edinaldo TebaldiIndex

‘The contributors to this edited volume seek to fill the gaps in existing knowledge on these topics, and do so in a creative and well-researched manner, making the book a reliable reference source for further studies in this field.’