00000cam a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217611385928 Buklod 20140909112226.0 a r |||| u| ta 140909s2010 xx d r |||| u| 9780230237711 (hardback) 0230237711 (hardback) (iLib)UPD-00227808021 Donation Japan Foundation UtOrBLW DAC eng QC 903.2 E85 G66 2010 Global warming and climate change [electronic resource] prospects and policies in Asia and Europe edited by Antonio Marquina. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York Palgrave Macmillan c2010. xvii, 510 pages illustrations, maps 22.5 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Energy, climate and the environment series. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Ana Yâabar Marquina -- Water and food. Water availability and policies in Asia / Maizatun Mustafa -- Effects of climate change on hydrological resources in Europe: the case of Spain / Teodoro Estrela Monreal and Elisa Vargas Amelin -- Climate change: implications on agriculture and food security in the short-medium term / Tomâas Lindemann and Daniela Morra -- Natural disasters. A European mechanism to address natural disasters: working alone is not an option / Kostas Ifantis -- Natural disasters in Japan / Haruo Hayashi -- China and natural disasters: prospects and policies / Luo Tianhong -- India and natural disasters / P.R. Chari -- Natural disasters and policies to confront: a case study of Vietnam / Luan Thuy Duong -- Cooperation for natural disasters and special units: the Emergency Military Unit (UME) / Josâe Miguel Gonzâalez Requena -- Environmentally induced migration. From a socio-economic approach to migration to the inclusion of environmentally-induced migration in the Mediterranean / Antonio Marquina -- Global warming and climate change: prospects for forced migration in Southeast Asia / Carolina G. Hernâandez -- Mitigation and adaptation policies. The EU and Germany's policies on climate change / Frank Umbach -- The nuclear energy debate and emissions reduction: the Italian case / Massimo de Leonardis -- EU policies for renewable energies / Javier de Quinto Romero and Juliâan Lâopez Milla -- Adaptation to climate change in the EU: the Spanish case / Alfonso Guitierrez Teira -- China's emissions reduction policy: problems and prospects / Michal Meidan -- An analysis of energy utilization efficiency in China / Shi Dan -- Japan's policy for energy and emissions reduction and foreign aid / Shigeru Sudo -- Coping with climate change: a Korean perspective / Jae-seung Lee -- India's energy and climate concerns: the inter-Linkages, constraints and policy choices / Devika Sharma -- Climate change and human security in Southeast Asia: issues and challenges / Mely Caballero-Anthony -- Climate change awareness and responses: some initiatives and perspectives from Malaysia / Mazlin bin Mokhtar -- Thailand environmental policies: mitigation and adaptation to climate change and implications for human security / Keokam Kraisoraphong -- Climate change and human security in the Philippines: Government policies, assessments and public opinion / Pia Bennagen Raquedan -- Conclusions. The politics of East Asia's environmental crisis: the coming environmental authoritarianism / Mark Beeson -- Environmental challenges, conflict prevention and human security / Antonio Marquina. "This book looks at the principal consequences of climate change and its possible impact on conflict and security. It clarifies the impact of climate change on natural resources, on the frequency and expansion of natural disasters, and, as a consequence, the repercussions that can be foreseen on environmentally-induced migration"--Provided by publisher. Climatic changes Environmental aspects Europe. Climatic changes Environmental aspects Asia. Climatic changes Government policy Europe. Climatic changes Government policy Asia. Global warming Government policy Europe. Global warming Government policy Asia. Electronic books. Marquina Barrio, Antonio. Print version Global warming and climate change. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 9780230237711 (DLC) 2009046788 (OCoLC)429024139. Energy, climate, and the environment series. FO Monograph UPD DAC QC 903.2 E85 G66 2010 Book