Tibor Faragó

Our Common Environment and Globalization

Shadows and Hopes

Environmental security at the global level

The concept of security was developed and extended in relation to specific production processes and technologies, then more generally, in the context of social and economic issues. As the safety of societies has been increasingly threatened by dangerous environmental impacts of different origins and nature (although obviously to varying degrees depending on their location, exposure, and vulnerability), the methods, and means of maintaining safety by preventing or mitigating those threats – that is, the various components of ‘environmental security’ – have been more closely studied, characterized and assessed since the 1980s [El-Sabh & Murty, 1986; Myers, 1989 1; Láng, 1996; Boda, 2004 2; Faragó, 1996, 2011]. According to Peter H. Gleick, security can be affected by flows of capital, both in terms of economic capital and natural capital, and the ‘signs’ of global environmental problems should be viewed with as much concern as the risks posed by military arsenals [Gleick, 1991 3].

Our Common Environment and Globalization

Tartalomjegyzék

Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2024

ISBN: 978 963 664 076 7

Környezettudomány Idegen nyelvű

Globalization has had significant and severe impacts on the Earth’s environment, which is the common home of all human societies, and on which state and resources the life and the well-being of present and future generations depend. This book is devoted to the analysis of the evolution of the environmental globalization process, its drivers and dangerous consequences, and the development of international environmental scientific and policy cooperation. The most important international organizations, programs, and agreements are presented that deal with global environmental problems, and their effectiveness is also evaluated. Based on this comprehensive overview, the most essential conclusions and lessons are defined.

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