ENVIRONEMENT CHALLENGES TOWARDS NATIONAL SECURITY. Cover Image

PROVOCĂRI DE MEDIU LA ADRESA SECURITĂŢII NAŢIONALE
ENVIRONEMENT CHALLENGES TOWARDS NATIONAL SECURITY.

Author(s): Ana Ligia Leaua
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: national security; environmental security; risk; vulnerability; threat; waste water treatment; water infrastructure; security food; public health.

Summary/Abstract: The interconnection between the environmental issues and national security is one of the pressing matters due to the rapid changes that are taking place in both areas. Resource scarcity and environmental degradation are increasingly understood to play an important role in generating or exacerbating conflicts. One of the most important causes that contribute to this degradation is related to the mismanagement of water resources.This situation has an important impact on all the activities related to the proper functioning of a community. This research aims taking into account the scarcity of the water resources and degradation of its quality as a challenge on the national security. The deplation and degradation of the water resources are a function of the physical vulnerability of the resource, the size of the resource consuming population and the technologies and practices this population uses in this consumption behavior.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 99-116
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Romanian
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