Energy and Environmental Challenges to Security

Energy and Environmental Challenges to Security
Author: Stephen Stec
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2009-01-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1402094515

On 21 November 2007 the grand and elegant Delegates Hall of the Hungarian Parliament was the scene of the opening of a conference to discuss some of the most pressing issues of the day, those related to our unending thirst for energy, its environmental consequences, and the challenges that these bear on security. Over the next 3 days scientists, parliamentarians and their guests confronted, challenged, teased and cajoled each other in a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled “Energy and Environmental Challenges to Security,” affirming that knowledge and public service hold the keys to solving our greatest challenges. The magnitude of the security challenge was confirmed while this volume was being prepared. In mid-2008, the International Energy Agency issued a report concluding that US$45 trillion would be needed over the next half century to prevent energy shortages and greenhouse gas emissions from undermining global economic growth. But lest such large numbers cause us all to shrug, this volume brings attention to some of the more manageable aspects of the environment and energy security challenge – from addressing conflict resources such as illegal timber that contribute to corruption and regional instability, to means and mechanisms to enable the diversification of energy supplies, to environmental risk reduction strategies for particular installations. The participants in the Hungarian Parliament building were atypical for a NATO Advanced Research Workshop.

Transboundary Water Resources Management

Transboundary Water Resources Management
Author: Jacques Ganoulis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3527636668

Based on an international symposium addressing a key issue in global development, this reference includes both the latest methodologies for and practical examples of effective management of transboundary water resources. Its multidisciplinary approach combines hydrology and environmental science with economic and political approaches, in line with new UNESCO and EU recommendations, which have been formulated and implemented with the active involvement of all three editors. By providing a theoretical framework as well as abundant case studies from southern Europe, Africa, Asia and South America, this handbook provides hydrologists, geologists, engineers and decision-makers with all the knowledge they need for their daily work.

Security and Environment in the Mediterranean

Security and Environment in the Mediterranean
Author: Hans Günter Brauch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1186
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642558542

In this volume security specialists, peace researchers, environmental scholars, demographers as well as climate, desertification, water, food and urbanisation specialists from the Middle East and North Africa, Europe and North America review security and conflict prevention in the Mediterranean. They also analyse NATO’s Mediterranean security dialogue and offer conceptualisations on security and perceptions of security challenges as seen in North and South. The latter half of the book analyses environmental security and conflicts in the Mediterranean and environmental consequences of World War II, the Gulf War, the Balkan wars and the Middle East conflict. It also examines factors of global environmental change: population growth, climate change, desertification, water scarcity, food and urbanisation issues as well as natural disasters. Furthermore, it draws conceptual conclusions for a fourth phase of research on human and environmental security and peace as well as policy conclusions for cooperation and partnership in the Mediterranean in the 21st century.

Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 1

Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 1
Author: Giorgio Lollino
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2014-08-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319093002

This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes and deals with climate change affecting different natural processes and environments, such as slope dynamics, water courses, coastal and marine environments, hydrological and littoral processes and permafrost terrain. Due to climate change, major effects are also expected on territorial planning and infrastructure, particularly in extreme climate regions. The volume and its contents aim to analyze the role of engineering geology and the solutions it may offer with respect to the ongoing environmental changes. Contributions regard the modeling of both the factors and the effects induced by climate change. Potential impacts of the climate change on the common practice and routine work of engineering geologists are also analyzed, with particular attention to the risk assessment and mitigation procedures and to the adaptation measures adopted. The Engineering Geology for Society and Territory volumes of the IAEG XII Congress held in Torino from September 15-19, 2014, analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our changing world and build on the four main themes of the congress: environment, processes, issues and approaches. The congress topics and subject areas of the 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes are: Climate Change and Engineering Geology. Landslide Processes. River Basins, Reservoir Sedimentation and Water Resources. Marine and Coastal Processes. Urban Geology, Sustainable Planning and Landscape Exploitation. Applied Geology for Major Engineering Projects. Education, Professional Ethics and Public Recognition of Engineering Geology. Preservation of Cultural Heritage.

Physical Oceanography of the Adriatic Sea

Physical Oceanography of the Adriatic Sea
Author: Benoit Cushman-Roisin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401598193

Because of its centrallocation in the Old World, the Adriatic Sea has long been explored and studied. Modern methods of investigation, however, have accelerated the pace of study during the last decade. These are the ADCP currentmeter, satellite imagery, drifter technology, and, last but not least, the computer with its arsenal of tools for data analysis and model simulations. As a result of this renaissance, the Adriatic Sea and its sub-basins are currently the object of intensified scrutiny by a number of scientific teams, in Europe and be yond. Questions concerning the mesoscale variability that dominates regional motions, the seasonal circulation of the sea, and its long-term climatic role in the broader Mediterranean, have become topics of lively discussions. The time was ripe then when an international workshop dedicated to the physical oceanography of the Adriatic Sea was convened in Trieste on 21-25 September 1998. Its objectives were to assess the current knowledge of the oceanography of the Adriatic Sea, to review the newly acquired observations, to create syn ergy between model simulations and observations, and to identify directions for future Adriatic oceanography. This book, however,is not the mere proceedings of the workshop. It was written as a monograph synthetizing the current knowledge of the physical oceanography of the Adriatic Sea, with the hope that it will serve as a reference to anyone interested in the Adriatic. The book also identifies topics in need of additional inquiry and proposes research directions for the next decade.

Assessing the impact of climate change in a coastal community. A case study of Blekusu in the Ketu-south Municipality

Assessing the impact of climate change in a coastal community. A case study of Blekusu in the Ketu-south Municipality
Author: Daniel Akoto
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2020-12-02
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 3346307794

Master's Thesis from the year 2020 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: A, , course: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, language: English, abstract: Climate change and its consequences have more or less become an expected occurrence and an inevitable result of the world’s physical, biotic and chemical processes. From global increase in temperatures, continuous increase in sea level, loss of arctic sea ice, and changes in type, distribution and coverage of vegetation, climate change has become one of the worrying occurrences in the world. The impacts of climate change on Blekusu are not different from other coastal communities as the community is also a coastal community. The study was concerned with assessing the impact of climate change on Blekusu, a coastal community in the Ketu-South municipality. The study revealed that destruction of infrastructure as a result of the rising sea volume is one impact of climate change that is worrying the people of Blekusu. The study also revealed that construction of a sea defense wall is one way by which the destruction caused by the rising sea volume can be prevented. In this regard, the study therefore recommended that the government of Ghana must ensure that existing institutions, agencies and functionaries in charge of educating the public with respect to climate change and its effects in the country are adequately equipped to be able to discharge their duties effectively.

The Implications of Climate and Sea-Level Change for Bangladesh

The Implications of Climate and Sea-Level Change for Bangladesh
Author: R.A. Warrick
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1996-04-30
Genre: History
ISBN:

The results of a national research project assessing the effects of climate change on the environment and society of Bangladesh. The seven study reviews include speculation and evidence on the greenhouse effect, sea-level changes in the Bay of Bengal, the consequences of climate changes on the country's natural resources, socio-economic implications, and the legal aspects of global climate change. Each discussion identifies policy directions for reducing future vulnerability. Includes maps, tables, and graphs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR