Climate Change, Disaster Risks, and Human Security: Asian Experience and Perspectives

This book explores how climate change and disaster risks threaten human security in Asia. Climate change and disaster risks have emerged as major human security challenges in the twenty-first century, and are an imminent “threat multiplier” with the potential to harm the vital core of human life and curtail people’s freedom and ability to live with dignity. Climate change and disaster risks undermine the security of individuals, communities, nations, and the world, considering the increasing trend in the frequency and magnitude of hydro-meteorological disasters and the projections on their future adverse impacts. Despite recent advances in the literature, there is still a major gap in understanding the relationship and linkages between climate change, disaster risks, and human security, particularly as gleaned from the Asian experience. Asia is the world’s most vulnerable region in terms of the quantity and magnitude of impacts from various forms of disaster. At the same time,it has developed a number of innovative responses to address those risks, offering a wealth of experience. Exploring and capitalizing on the Asian perspective, this book provides valuable resource material for students, academics, researchers, policymakers, and development practitioners working in these areas.

Table of Contents:
- Climate Change and Disaster Risks in an Unsecured World.-  Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation, and Human Security: A Historical Perspective under the Hyogo Framework and Beyond.- State Fragility and Human Security in Asia in the Context of Climate and Disaster Risks.-  Policies and Institutions Shaping Human Security in an Era of Changing Climate and Increasing Disasters.- Satisfying the Basic Needs: The Material Aspect of Human Security.- Natural Resource Base as a Foundation of Human Security.- Agriculture and Food Security in Asia.- Cultural Dimensions of Human Security.- Population Movements and Human Security.- Conflict, Development and the Environment in Asia.- Mainstreaming CCA-DRVRM Using Probabilistic Multiscenario Hazard Maps for Future Resilience in Haiyan-affected Areas.- Preventing International Assistance from Becoming a Threat to Human Security: Japan’s Experience in the 1995 Kobe Earthquake and the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.- The 2009 Drought in the People’s Republic of China: A Human Security Perspective.- After the 2004 Bangladesh flood: Integrated management for flood disaster risk reduction in four different areas.-  The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: Resettlement and Demographic Challenges.- Regional Policies and Initiatives on Climate Change and Disaster Risks: How can Peacebuilding Assistance and Climate Change Adaptation be Integrated?.-  National Policies and Programs on Climate Change and Disaster Risks that Address Human Security.- Addressing Climate Change and the Risks of Disaster to Human Security: The Role and Initiatives of Civil Societies in Asia.- 19 Response and Initiatives from the Private Sector to Address the Challenges Posed by Climate Change and Disaster Risks on Human Security.- Pathways Towards a Human Secured Asia.