Global warming and climate change : prospects and policies in Asia and Europe / edited by Antonio Marquina.

London ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

xvii, 510 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction--A.MarquinaPART I: WATER AND FOODWater Availability and Policies in Asia--M.MustafaProspects for Water Availability in Europe and Spain--T.Estrela &--E.VargasClimate Change: Implications on Agriculture and Food Security in the Short-Medium Term--T.LindemannPART II: NATURAL DISASTERSA European Mechanism to Address Natural Disasters--K.IfantisJapan and Natural Disasters--H.HayashiChina and Natural Disasters: Prospects and Policies--L.TianhongIndia and Natural Disasters--P.R.ChariVietnam and Policies to Manage Natural Disasters--L.T.DuongCooperation for Natural Disasters and Special Units: The Emergency Military Unit (UME)--J.M.G.RequenaPART III: ENVIRONMENTALLY-INDUCED MIGRATIONFrom a Socio-Economic Approach to Migration to the Inclusion of Environmentally-Induced Migration in the Mediterranean--A.MarquinaGlobal Warming, Climate Change and Human Security: Prospects for Forced Migration in East Asia--C.HernndezPART IV: MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION POLICIESEU and Germanys Policies on Climate Change--F.UmbachThe Nuclear Energy Debate and Emissions Reduction: The Italian Case--M.De LeonardisEU Policies for Renewable Energies--J.de Quinto &--J.LpezAdaptation to Climate Change in the EU: The Spanish Case--A.G.TeiraChinas Emissions Reduction Policy: Problems and Prospects--M.MeidanEnergy Efficiency in China--S.DanJapan Policy for Energy and Emissions Reduction and Foreign Aid--S.SudoCoping with Climate Change: A Korean Perspective--J.LeeIndias Energy and Climate Concerns: The Inter-Linkages, Constraints and Policy Choices--D.SharmaClimate Change and Human Security in Southeast Asia: Issues and Challenges--M.Caballero-AnthonyClimate Change Awareness and Responses: Some Initiatives and Responses from Malaysia--M.bin MokhtarThailand Environmental Policies: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change and Implications for Human Security--K.KraisoraphongClimate Change and Human Security in the Philippines: Government Policies, Assessments and Public Opinion--P.BennagenPART V: CONCLUSIONSThe Politics of East Asias Environmental Crisis: The Coming Environmental Authoritarianism--M.BeesonEnvironmental Challenges, Conflict Prevention and Human Security--A.Marquina Introduction--A.MarquinaPART I: WATER AND FOODWater Availability and Policies in Asia--M.MustafaProspects for Water Availability in Europe and Spain--T.Estrela &--E.VargasClimate Change: Implications on Agriculture and Food Security in the Short-Medium Term--T.LindemannPART II: NATURAL DISASTERSA European Mechanism to Address Natural Disasters--K.IfantisJapan and Natural Disasters--H.HayashiChina and Natural Disasters: Prospects and Policies--L.TianhongIndia and Natural Disasters--P.R.ChariVietnam and Policies to Manage Natural Disasters--L.T.DuongCooperation for Natural Disasters and Special Units: The Emergency Military Unit (UME)--J.M.G.RequenaPART III: ENVIRONMENTALLY-INDUCED MIGRATIONFrom a Socio-Economic Approach to Migration to the Inclusion of Environmentally-Induced Migration in the Mediterranean--A.MarquinaGlobal Warming, Climate Change and Human Security: Prospects for Forced Migration in East Asia--C.HernndezPART IV: MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION POLICIESEU and Germanys Policies on Climate Change--F.UmbachThe Nuclear Energy Debate and Emissions Reduction: The Italian Case--M.De LeonardisEU Policies for Renewable Energies--J.de Quinto &--J.LpezAdaptation to Climate Change in the EU: The Spanish Case--A.G.TeiraChinas Emissions Reduction Policy: Problems and Prospects--M.MeidanEnergy Efficiency in China--S.DanJapan Policy for Energy and Emissions Reduction and Foreign Aid--S.SudoCoping with Climate Change: A Korean Perspective--J.LeeIndias Energy and Climate Concerns: The Inter-Linkages, Constraints and Policy Choices--D.SharmaClimate Change and Human Security in Southeast Asia: Issues and Challenges--M.Caballero-AnthonyClimate Change Awareness and Responses: Some Initiatives and Responses from Malaysia--M.bin MokhtarThailand Environmental Policies: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change and Implications for Human Security--K.KraisoraphongClimate Change and Human Security in the Philippines: Government Policies, Assessments and Public Opinion--P.BennagenPART V: CONCLUSIONSThe Politics of East Asias Environmental Crisis: The Coming Environmental Authoritarianism--M.BeesonEnvironmental Challenges, Conflict Prevention and Human Security--A.Marquina.

Includes bibliographical references and index.