Springer Environmental Change and Human Security in Africa and the Middle East

This volume brings together insights on the interactions between environmental change and human security in the Middle East and Africa. These regions face particular challenges in relation to environmental degradation, the decline of natural resources and consequent risks to current and future human security. The chapters provide topical analysis from a range of disciplines on the theory, discourse, policy and practice of responding to global environmental change and threats to human security. Case studies from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Syria provide empirical evidence, with a focus section dedicated to the critical issue of water resources and water security in the region. The contributions demonstrate above all that the risks posed to human security arise through multiple and interconnected processes operating across diverse spatial and temporal scales. The complexity of these processes requires new ways of thinking and intervening. As a contribution, the current volume provides engaging insights from theory and practice for those seeking to address the challenges of environmental change. From the Back Cover This volume brings together insights on the interactions between environmental change and human security in the Middle East and Africa. These regions face particular challenges in relation to environmental degradation, the decline of natural resources and consequent risks to current and future human security. The chapters provide topical analysis from a range of disciplines on the theory, discourse, policy and practice of responding to global environmental change and threats to human security. Case studies from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Syria provide empirical evidence, with a focus section dedicated to the critical issue of water resources and water security in the region. The contributions demonstrate above all that the risks posed to human security arise through multiple and interconnected processes operating across diverse spatial and temporal scales. The complexity of these processes requires new ways of thinking and intervening. As a contribution, the current volume provides engaging insights from theory and practice for those seeking to address the challenges of environmental change. About the Author Mohamed Behnassi Mohamed Behnassi, specialist in Environment and Human Security Politics, is Associate Professor, Director of the Research Laboratory for Territorial Governance, Human Security and Sustainability (LAGOS), and ex-Head of Public Law Department (2014-2015) at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences, IbnZohr University of Agadir, Morocco. He was the Founder and Director of the North-South Center for Social Sciences (NRCS) from 2008 to 2015, and is currently Director of the Center for Research on Environment, Human Security and Governance (CERES). Dr. Behnassi is Member of the Moroccan Association for Regional Sciences (AMSR), and Active member of the National Council for Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Leadership (NCCSD), India. He is also Senior Social Compliance Auditor (practicing consultancy by monitoring human rights at work and the sustainability of the global supply chain). Dr. Behnassi obtained his Ph.D in 2003 from the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences, Hassan II University of Casablanca for a Thesis titled: Multilateral Environmental Negotiations: Towards a Global Governance for Environment. In 2011, he completed a U.S. State Department-sponsored Civic Education and Leadership Fellowship (CELF) at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA and in 2014 he obtained a Diploma in Diplomacy and International Environmental Law from the University of Eastern Finland and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Finland. Dr. Behnassi has pursued several post-doctoral trainings since the completion of his PhD. His core teaching and expertise areas cover: E