Climate and social stress : implications for security analysis / Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; John D. Steinbruner, Paul C. Stern, and Jo L. Husbands, editors. - 1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-177).

Climate change as a national security concern -- Climate change, vulnerability, and national security : a conceptual framework -- Potentially disruptive climate events -- How climate events can lead to social and political stresses -- Climate events and antional security outcomes -- Methods for assessing national security threats.

9780309278577


National security--United States.
Climatic changes--Risk assessment--United States.
Climatic changes--Risk management--United States.
Climatic changes--Social aspects--United States.
Climatic changes--Political aspects--United States.


Electronic books.

QC902.8 / .C553 2013