Ecological Security: An Evolutionary Perspective on Globalization - Softcover

Pirages, Dennis Clark; Geest, Theresa Manley De; DeGeest Theresa Manley)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0847695018 ISBN 13: 9780847695010

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003

Synopsis

Ecological Security moves the analysis of global environmental and resource issues to the next level by developing an 'eco-evolutionary' perspective for analyzing emerging problems associated with rapid globalization. Preserving future ecological security will depend upon maintaining dynamic equilibriums among human populations, and between them and pathogenic microorganisms, other species, and the sustaining capabilities of nature. This eco-evolutionary framework is used to anticipate and analyze emerging demographic, ecological, and technological discontinuities and dilemmas associated with rapid globalization. The authors conclude by stressing the need for new kinds of global public goods to mitigate the harshest impacts of these rapid and interrelated changes.

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About the Author

Dennis Clark Pirages is Harrison Professor of International Environmental Politics at the University of Maryland. Theresa Manley DeGeest is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847695018
• ISBN 13: 9780847695010
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296